Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes
Type
Label
Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214)
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Middle SchoolStructure indicator: 90 (high), Syntactic indicator: 60 (medium), Semantic indicator: 100 (very high), Decoding indicator: 90 (high), Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Ghost boys
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
995846724
Responsibility statement
Jewell Parker Rhodes
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 3.0, 3.0, 194391.Accelerated Reader AR, 3.0, 3.0, 194391.Lexile, 360L.
Summary
"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"Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his family, his friend Carlos, and his community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing. Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey toward recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father's actions. Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical, social, and political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today's world - and how one boy, in particular, who never had a chance to grow up, comes to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death"-- Jacket
Target audience
pre adolescent
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Juvenile works
- Ghost stories
- Familles -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fictional Work
- Social problem fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
- Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
- Racism against Black people -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
- Mort -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Death -- Fiction
- Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- Noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Police shootings -- Fiction
- Police + Usage des armes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
- Romans
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
Content
Author
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- Subject27
- Juvenile works
- Ghost stories
- Familles -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fictional Work
- Social problem fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
- Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
- Racism against Black people -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
- Mort -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Death -- Fiction
- Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- Noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Police shootings -- Fiction
- Police + Usage des armes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
- Romans
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Author1
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