Ghost boys

Rhodes, Jewell Parker

Notes
214 pages.
Summary: Alive Twelve-year-old Jerome doesn't get into trouble. He goes to school. He does his homework. He takes care of his little sister. Then Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. Dead as a ghost, watching his family trying to cope with his death, Jerome begins to notice other ghost boys. Each boy has a story and they all have something in common... Bit by bit, Jerome begins to understand what really happened - not just to him, but to all of the ghost boys.
Themes
Race and culture - Racism.
Region - USA.
Writer - African American.
Characters - African American.
Location edition Bar Code due date
Fiction B027233