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Ghost Boys: The Graphic Novel

Ghost Boys: The Graphic Novel

Jewell Parker Rhodes

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ISBN: 9780316279673

Publisher: Little, Brown Ink

Publication Date: 12/2/25

Binding: Paperback

Age Range: -14

Grade Range: 03-09

Series: ,

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Language: English

BISAC: Juvenile Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, African American & Black, Social Themes, Prejudice, Racism & Colorism, Historical, United States - 20th Century, and Violence

Related Subjects: Rice, Tamir, Graphic novels, Till, Emmett, Ghost stories, Police shootings, Death, Racism, African Americans, Families, Ghosts, Family life, Cartoons and comics, Graphic novel adaptations, Historical comics, and Ghost comics

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Experience Jewell Parker Rhodes's award-winning storytelling in this tender yet visceral graphic novel adaptation of her New York Times bestselling novel, with poignant illustrations by Setor Fiadzigbey.

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 is unleashed on his family and community in the wake of this 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 toward 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 shot him, as she grapples with her father's actions.

Now gorgeously a graphic novel with gripping artwork from Black Panther illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey, Ghost Boys once again deftly explores the historical and sociopolitical layers involved in how children and families face the complexities of today's world--and how one boy, in particular, comes to understand American Blackness in the aftermath of his own death.

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