Ghost Boys Graphic Novel
Electronic book text
Ghost Boys, the New York Times bestselling novel about a Black boy killed by a white police officer from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, is brought to a new audience in this heartbreaking and powerful graphic novel with striking colour artwork by Setor Fiadzigbey.
ALIVE 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. DEAD 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 graphic novel about how children and families face the complexities of race and racism in today's world.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781510113923
- Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Pub date: 15.01.26
- RRP: $24.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jewell Parker Rhodes (Author)
Jewell Parker Rhodes grew up in Pennsylvania. She is a best-selling author of adult and children's books, a Coretta Scott King Honour award-winner, and a professor of creative writing at Arizona State University. She currently lives in Seattle.Setor Fiadzigbey (Illustrator) Setor Fiadzigbey is an artist from Ghana who loves visual storytelling in all its forms - illustration, concept art, visual development and sequential art. He works professionally across many commercial industries, such as children's book publishing, comics and graphic novels, marketing illustration and visual development for animation.Other books by the author
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