![]() ![]() ![]() The book was praised widely and is the recipient of the 2019 National Council of Teachers of English Charlotte Huck Honor Award for Outstanding Children’s Fiction winner and a 2018-2019 National Education Association Read Across America selection. Once a ghost, he watches over his family and uncovers the tales of many other ghost boys who had faced death with a similar unjust cause. The book revolves around the life and death of 12-year-old Jerome Rogers, who is playing with a toy gun when he is killed by Officer Moore. The book is a comment on the Black Lives Matter civil rights movement that came to major prominence in 2020. Ghost Boys is a middle-grade novel written by Jewell Parker Rhodes, and was first published by Little, Brown & Company in 2018. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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