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Ghost Boys (Hardcover)
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Ghost Boys (Hardcover)
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List price R416
Loot Price R390
Discovery Miles 3 900
You Save R26 (6%)
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A heartbreaking and powerful novel 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 socio-political 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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