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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 sociopolitical 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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Summary
Summary
Winner of the 2018 Carla Cohen Free Speech Award
Winner of the 2019 Walter Award in the Younger Readers Category
Winner of the Children’s and Teen Choice Book Award for 5th and 6th Grades
Winner of the 2019 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award for Middle Readers
Finalist for the 2018 Southern Book Prize
Finalist for the 2019 Children’s & Teen Choice Book Award
A #1 BuzzFeed Books Pick of Great Books You May Not Know About
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A Publishers Weekly Pick of Best Anti-Racism Books for Youth
A SIBA Okra Pick of April's Best Reads with a Southern Flavor
A School Library Journal Top Pick of Stellar New Tween Reads
An Indie Next Kids' List Great Read
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 sociopolitical 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.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of several books, including Sugar, winner of the Jane Adams Peace Association book award, and Ninth Ward, which was named a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, a Notable Book for a Global Society, and a Today Show Al’s Book Club for Kids selection. She has also written many award-winning books for adults. She teaches writing at Arizona State University.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Runtime: | 2.86 |
| Audience: | Children (8–12) |
| Language: | English |
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