Ghost Boys Award-winning author by Jewell Parker Rhodes (author) (UK edition)

A brutal book full of anger and tears: one to claw and tear at your heart. Want to live? Don’t be a black boy. Don’t be black and dead, like Jerome. Jerome is a good kid. He doesn’t get into trouble. He always does his homework. He looks out for his little sis. Best of all, he’s alive. Then Jerome is shot by a policeman who mistakes his toy gun for a real one. Now he’s dead. But it’s not over. As a ghost, watching his family grieve, Jerome starts to notice the other ghost boys. Each boy has a story, and they all have something in common. They were all murdered. And they’re all black…

A heartbreaking story about race in today’s world

Blends Jerome’s fictional tale with real-life events

Explores police brutality and the legacy of racism

By the author of Ninth Ward and Towers Falling

Product Details

Catalogue number

8003 in Rewards Catalogue 2025/26

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781510104396

Publisher

Orion Children's Books

Date published

April 5th, 2018

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.0; Middle years; 3.0 points

Other details

224 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

10books
Key Stage 3 & 4 Black Voices 10 Book Set

usd prices

Offer price: $119.80

RRP: $140.95

gbp prices

Offer price: £71.30

RRP: £83.90

Reviews

Zachary Patterson
on 9 July 2020

#1 book in history!

This book is full of sadness and intense emotion. It also is home of one of the best authors ever! I am making this review to tell everyone that you have got to read this book. #1 book in history!
Emmanuella
on 16 January 2020

Ghost boys

It is amazing

5 out of 5