Ghost boys

By Jewell Parker Rhodes

Subjects: Ghosts, fiction, Racism, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Violence, Death, African Americans, Family life, fiction, African americans, fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century, Families, New York Times bestseller, nyt:middle-grade-paperback-monthly=2019-10-13, Police shootings, Death, fiction, Fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Children's fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American, Juvenile fiction, nyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2018-05-06, collectionID:TexChallenge2021, collectionID:EanesChallenge, Family life

Description: "After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--