Ghost Boys

"Twelve-year old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, Jerome observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust killing. Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a different time but similar circunstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his own life. --- Jewell Parker Rhodes weaves sociopolitical layers into a story about how children and families face the complexities of today's world, and how one boy grows to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death."--