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Ghost boys
Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker

Publisher: Little, Brown (2018)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 214 p., 20 cm

BTSB No: 749481

ISBN: 9780316262286

Ages: 10-14

Grades: 5-9

Subjects:
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Fiction
Police shootings -- Fiction
Racism -- Fiction
Death -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Family life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction

Price: $6.50

Summary:
After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.

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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 3.00
   Points: 3.0   Quiz: 194391

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 3.20
   Points: 6.0   Quiz: 73250

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (02/15/18)
   School Library Journal (+) (01/01/18)
   Booklist (+) (02/01/18)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/04/18)

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