Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father's actions. 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. Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. 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. Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat.

Only the living can make the world better. Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping andĪ heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.

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Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes