02698cam a2200373 4500 761126610 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780316262255 0316262250 B074M6GB8Y Amazon 072d5173-ca07-4786-a975-283ed34736e6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3391008 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Ghost Boys [Libby]. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2018. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 6584kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 3561kB. African American Fiction. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.</b><br /> Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.<br /> 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 and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing.<br /> Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards 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.<br /> Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today's world, and how one boy grows to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death. Media Type: eBook. Children's Choice Book of the Year. Best Fiction for Young Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=072d5173-ca07-4786-a975-283ed34736e6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=072d5173-ca07-4786-a975-283ed34736e6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=072d5173-ca07-4786-a975-283ed34736e6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8