Ghost Boys Award-winning author by Jewell Parker Rhodes (author)

A brutal book full of anger and tears: one to claw and tear at your heart. Want to live? Don’t be a black boy. Don’t be black and dead, like Jerome. Jerome is a good kid. He doesn’t get into trouble. He always does his homework. He looks out for his little sis. Best of all, he’s alive. Then Jerome is shot by a policeman who mistakes his toy gun for a real one. Now he’s dead. But it’s not over. As a ghost, watching his family grieve, Jerome starts to notice the other ghost boys. Each boy has a story, and they all have something in common. They were all murdered. And they’re all black…

A heartbreaking story about race in today’s world

Blends Jerome’s fictional tale with real-life events

Explores police brutality and the legacy of racism

By the author of Ninth Ward and Towers Falling

Product Details

Catalogue number

9058 in Schools Catalogue 2024–25

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781510104396

Publisher

Orion Children's Books

Date published

April 5th, 2018

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.0; Middle years; 3.0 points

Other details

224 pages

Condition

New

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Black Voices Pack
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Reviews

Zachary Patterson
on 9 July 2020

#1 book in history!

This book is full of sadness and intense emotion. It also is home of one of the best authors ever! I am making this review to tell everyone that you have got to read this book. #1 book in history!
Emmanuella
on 16 January 2020

Ghost boys

It is amazing

5out of 5