Rhodes, Jewell Parker.

Ghost boys / Jewell Parker Rhodes. - 1st trade pbk. ed. - New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2019. �2018 - 217 p. ; 20 cm.

School Library Journal starred, January 2018 Booklist starred, February 2018 Library Media Connection starred, March 2018 Pub Weekly, February 2018 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2018 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2018 Teacher Librarian, December 2018 Kirkus Review, February 2018

"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--Provided by publisher.

3.0. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.



Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2019

9780316262262


Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 --Fiction.


Racism--Fiction.
Death--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Family life--Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.


Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.

PZ7.R3476235 / Gho 2019

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