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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I should have known going in that this book would be too much for me right now. It is powerful and tremendously sad.
Quick read, but poignant just the same. Jerome was only 12 years old when he was shot by the police for playing with toy gun, but his story doesn't end there. His spirit rises, but it doesn't leave making connections with people even in the here-after.
Social justice, injustice, the fight against police brutality...its all an on going story, but finding something for middle age children to read, is difficult. This is that book, while not quiet glossing over the gory details of the countless murders of young black males, it was just gory enough to understand the depth of some of the crimes committed. These types of novels can sometimes presented as angry and rightly so and I felt Ghost Boys allowed for the reader to sympathize with all characters involved. Rhodes did a remarkable job in helping us relate, sympathize and get righteously mad with Jerome's here-after life and coming to grips with who he is and bringing such a pivotal person, Emmitt Till, to the forefront of why this so relevant in current times. This journey isn't nearly complete, but the message is clear that we definitely have to continue this fight, it really is up to us...white, black...all. I really liked it and think it is a great addition to novels that have paved the wave...its not over. 4.5 stars
Social justice, injustice, the fight against police brutality...its all an on going story, but finding something for middle age children to read, is difficult. This is that book, while not quiet glossing over the gory details of the countless murders of young black males, it was just gory enough to understand the depth of some of the crimes committed. These types of novels can sometimes presented as angry and rightly so and I felt Ghost Boys allowed for the reader to sympathize with all characters involved. Rhodes did a remarkable job in helping us relate, sympathize and get righteously mad with Jerome's here-after life and coming to grips with who he is and bringing such a pivotal person, Emmitt Till, to the forefront of why this so relevant in current times. This journey isn't nearly complete, but the message is clear that we definitely have to continue this fight, it really is up to us...white, black...all. I really liked it and think it is a great addition to novels that have paved the wave...its not over. 4.5 stars
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(More will be coming on my blog. Read this book.)
(More will be coming on my blog. Read this book.)
I read this back in February 2020,when I was in high school.This book is about racial bias and prejudice in society,I can't remember much about it but I do like books that focuses in topics like these.
My heart Is broken LITERALLY oh he was big shut the FUCK UP U DUMB BITCH NO HE WASNT..... THAT POOR BOY DIED BC OF THE COP WAS THREATENED OVER A ... ok so I'm pissed and this review is over.... I need to calm down before I have a panic attack over this book bc I am crying so hard right now... Emmett Till FUCK I CRIED WHEN HIS PART CAME ABOUT HOW HE WAS KILLED.... I want racist to be over but it won't be over.
My dad got a skin color of a black person but is puertorican.... he told me he gets racist things called to him...went into a store and somebody followed him to make sure he won't steal anything out of there. I'm scared for his life every Single day.
Spoiler
toy gunMy dad got a skin color of a black person but is puertorican.... he told me he gets racist things called to him...went into a store and somebody followed him to make sure he won't steal anything out of there. I'm scared for his life every Single day.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Racial bias, unintentional or not, within a police force is a serious issue, as well as a complex one. This was a well-done book that is appropriate for 6th/7th graders, depending upon your/their tolerance for violence. It's not overly graphic, but it could be disturbing for children who have had no exposure to the fact that children their age are victims of violence at the hands of adults & even police officers. It's also a good book to start having some harder conversations with white children as to the history of our country as it relates to how blacks, especially young black boys, have been treated.
Jerome is a good kid living in a poor neighborhood in Chicago. He is shot by a police officer who thought the gun in his hand was real, rather than the toy that it was. The story looks at how this event impacts not only Jerome's family, as he watches over them as a ghost, but the officer's family as well. Jerome also learns he's not alone, as he's joined by the ghost of Emmett Till, a non-fictional boy Jerome's age, who was killed in Mississippi in 1955. It's a moving story and very well done. I will be having my kids read this one.
Jerome is a good kid living in a poor neighborhood in Chicago. He is shot by a police officer who thought the gun in his hand was real, rather than the toy that it was. The story looks at how this event impacts not only Jerome's family, as he watches over them as a ghost, but the officer's family as well. Jerome also learns he's not alone, as he's joined by the ghost of Emmett Till, a non-fictional boy Jerome's age, who was killed in Mississippi in 1955. It's a moving story and very well done. I will be having my kids read this one.