Ghost Boys

”TIME TO WAKE UP”. I SPIN AROUND. WHO SAID THAT? ACROSS THE STREET, I SEE HIM. WISPY LIKE SOFT RAIN. A GOST? LIKE ME?

Twelve-year Jerome is the largest victim, shot by a white police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a threat. As a ghost, he obsereves the devastation that’s been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing.

Once gain Jewell Parker deftly weaves historical and sociopolitical layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face complezities of today’s world.

(From the backcover)