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Ghost boys / Jewell Parker Rhodes.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker,
Branch: 0066
Call Number: F Rho Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780316262262
Pub. Info: New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Target Audience: 3. 4-8. HL 360 Lexile. Z Fountas & Pinnell.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 3.0 3.0 Reading Counts RC 6-8 3.2 6.0
Seventh-grader Jerome is mistakenly shot by a white police officer, and as a ghost, observes the turmoil in his community as a result of his death. He then meets the ghost of Emmett Till who helps Jerome understand how systemic racism led to his death, but also understand how far the effects of his death really go by introducing him to the grieving daughter of the police officer who struggles with her father's actions.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker,
Branch: 0066
Call Number: F Rho Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780316262262
Pub. Info: New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Target Audience: 3. 4-8. HL 360 Lexile. Z Fountas & Pinnell.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 3.0 3.0 Reading Counts RC 6-8 3.2 6.0
Seventh-grader Jerome is mistakenly shot by a white police officer, and as a ghost, observes the turmoil in his community as a result of his death. He then meets the ghost of Emmett Till who helps Jerome understand how systemic racism led to his death, but also understand how far the effects of his death really go by introducing him to the grieving daughter of the police officer who struggles with her father's actions.