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Ghost Boys
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Jerome is twelve and he becomes a ghost boy when he is shot by the police while playing with a toy gun near his home. As a ghost boy, he meets up with Emmett Till, hangs around his family's apartment, and meets some new people. Chapters in the present are interspersed with chapters from the past and as time moves forward, we see how Jerome's last day shaped up.
This is a short book--I read half of it on my lunch break and half of it on the commute home--and well worth the read.
Jerome is twelve and he becomes a ghost boy when he is shot by the police while playing with a toy gun near his home. As a ghost boy, he meets up with Emmett Till, hangs around his family's apartment, and meets some new people. Chapters in the present are interspersed with chapters from the past and as time moves forward, we see how Jerome's last day shaped up.
This is a short book--I read half of it on my lunch break and half of it on the commute home--and well worth the read.