The Resource Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes
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The item Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Twelve-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's been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing. Soon 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 towards 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 grapples with her father's actions. Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 53 min., 53 sec.))
- Isbn
- 9781549172434
- Link
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- Label
- Ghost boys
- Title
- Ghost boys
- Statement of responsibility
- Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Death
- Death -- Fiction
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Downloadable audio books
- Families
- Families -- Illinois | Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Illinois | Chicago -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Juvenile works
- Police shootings
- African Americans
- Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
- Racism
- Racism -- Fiction
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Fiction
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
- Police shootings -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Twelve-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's been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing. Soon 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 towards 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 grapples with her father's actions. Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant 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
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rhodes, Jewell Parker
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PZ7.R3476235
- LC item number
- Gho 2018ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Miles Harvey
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Harvey, Miles
- OverDrive, Inc
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Till, Emmett
- Till, Emmett
- Till, Emmett
- Police shootings
- Racism
- Death
- African Americans
- Families
- Police shootings
- Racism
- Death
- African Americans
- Family life
- African Americans
- Death
- Families
- Police shootings
- Racism
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Illinois
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Link
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- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
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- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 53 min., 53 sec.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781549172434
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 2086ac1b-d6df-48fc-9ed7-da0d9a7fd126
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1031707159
- (OCoLC)on1031707159
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Ghost boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Link
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- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 53 min., 53 sec.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781549172434
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 2086ac1b-d6df-48fc-9ed7-da0d9a7fd126
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1031707159
- (OCoLC)on1031707159
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Death
- Death -- Fiction
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Downloadable audio books
- Families
- Families -- Illinois | Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Illinois | Chicago -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Juvenile works
- Police shootings
- African Americans
- Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
- Racism
- Racism -- Fiction
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Fiction
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
- Police shootings -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
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