Ghost Boys

[sound recording] /

English language

Published 2018

ISBN:
978-1-5491-7245-8
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OCLC Number:
1029203981

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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 unleashed on his family and community. This gripping story is about how children, families--and one boy--grow to understand American Blackness.

11 editions

Subjects

  • Death
  • Families
  • African Americans
  • Juvenile fiction
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
  • Family life
  • Racism
  • JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Violence
  • Fiction
  • Police shootings

Places

  • Chicago (Ill.)
  • Illinois
  • Chicago