https://eastsussex.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?CF=BIB&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://eastsussex.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1910131&CF=BIB Twelve-year-old Jerome doesn't get into trouble. He goes to school. He does his homework. He takes care of his little sister. Then Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, watching his family trying to cope with his death, Jerome begins to notice other ghost boys. Each boy has a story and they all have something in common. Bit by bit, Jerome begins to understand what really happened - not just to him, but to all of the ghost boys. A poignant and gripping story about how children and families face the complexities of race in today's world. Twelve-year-old Jerome doesn't get into trouble. He goes to school. He does his homework. He takes care of his little sister. Then Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, watching his family trying to cope with his death, Jerome begins to notice other ghost boys. Each boy has a story and they all have something in common. Bit by bit, Jerome begins to understand what really happened - not just to him, but to all of the ghost boys. A poignant and gripping story about how children and families face the complexities of race in today's world.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rhodes, Jewell Parker<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orion Children's Books, 2018.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orion Children's Books, 2018.<br />214 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Hastings Library - (East Sussex Libraries) - Junior Fiction Paperback - Young Teens - Available - 04544661<br />Lewes Library - (East Sussex Libraries) - Junior Fiction Paperback - Young Teens - Available - 04544662<br />