Ghost Boys - Hardcover

Rhodes, Jewell Parker

 
9780316262286: Ghost Boys
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0316262285 ISBN 13: 9780316262286
Verlag: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

A New York Times bestseller!

A heartbreaking and powerful novel about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.

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 and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing.

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.

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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of Ninth Ward, a Coretta Scott King honor book, Sugar, winner of the Jane Adams Peace Association book award, Bayou Magic, and Towers Falling. She has also written many award-winning books for adults.

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Verlag
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0316262285
ISBN 13 
9780316262286
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
224
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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