{"product_id":"ghost-boys-by-jewell-parker-rhodes","title":"Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExperience Jewell Parker Rhodes's award-winning storytelling in this tender yet visceral graphic novel adaptation of her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling novel, with poignant illustrations by Setor Fiadzigbey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwelve-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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoon 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow gorgeously a graphic novel with gripping artwork from Black Panther illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGhost Boys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eonce 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 255 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57686993535357,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/ghostbouyrs.jpg?v=1767958448","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/ghost-boys-by-jewell-parker-rhodes","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}