Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes
Language
eng
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Ghost boys
Music parts
not applicable
Oclc number
1029203981
Responsibility statement
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Summary
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 unleashed on his family and community. This gripping story is about how children, families--and one boy--grow to understand American blackness
Target audience
juvenile
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not applicable
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Subject
- Black people
- Racial bias
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Walter Award
- Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Audiobooks -- Juvenile fiction
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award
- Black people -- Juvenile fiction
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- Racial discrimination
- Racism
- Children's audiobooks
- Family members -- Juvenile fiction
- Racial discrimination -- Juvenile fiction
- Minority groups -- Juvenile fiction
- BIPOC
- BIPOC -- Juvenile fiction
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
- Racial bias -- Juvenile fiction
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject22
- Black people
- Racial bias
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Walter Award
- Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Audiobooks -- Juvenile fiction
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award
- Black people -- Juvenile fiction
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- Racial discrimination
- Racism
- Children's audiobooks
- Family members -- Juvenile fiction
- Racial discrimination -- Juvenile fiction
- Minority groups -- Juvenile fiction
- BIPOC
- BIPOC -- Juvenile fiction
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
- Racial bias -- Juvenile fiction
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Narrator1
- Mapped to1