Ghost Boys Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Jewell Parker Rhodes
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
278

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Book Summary

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.

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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Book Name Ghost Boys
Genre Culture, Places & People
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 6.83 MB

Ghost Boys (Jewell Parker Rhodes) Book Reviews 2024

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😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁. Dead is really 😢 but other wise it is a great book 📚

Inspiring. As a child reading this book for a school assignment, I have been arguing with my family about this since the death of George Floyd. I just finished this book and it really made me cry. I’m definitely sharing this with my younger siblings because it it important for them to know the struggles of America. Immigrants come from all over the globe to make a “better life” in America. It’s called the “American dream.” Then when they are here they are discriminated against. I feel strongly for this subject.

Sooooo good. This book made open my eyes to issues around and me cry a lot 😅

Worth Reading. It was a good book. It wasn’t very realistic though. In real life, white cops don’t feel bad for shooting black people. But I still liked the book, it was pretty sad, and it felt a little rushed at times.

awsome. This book is awesome and very inspiring

Amazing and Empowering Book!!!. This book is a beautiful mix of sadness, information and throws a spotlight on racial bias that is hard to find in a book. A must read!

I love it!!!!. Great book love to read it

Soo awesome. Im shocked at how awful but so relieved that things have got better highly recomd

Awesome. Amazing book I loved it is very on topic I would honestly recommend this to everybody. Good topic if you are talking about racism in school

Excellent. In Short - Very relatable from a young Teen”s perspective

Also black live don’t matter all lives do 🤦. I don’t get how they say he is racist when he thought it was a gun that’s not his fault the cop thought it was a gun it happens to a lot of cops when a person tries to shoot them

Amazing. This book is amazing! It is so meaningful and it really helps people learn that what was happening way back when Emmet Till was a boy is still happening now!

Powerful, painful, real and inspiring. Highly recommended.

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Summary of Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Ghost Boys book written by Jewell Parker Rhodes was published on 17 April 2018, Tuesday in the Culture, Places & People category. A total of 278 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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