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Jewell Parker Rhodes (born 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American bestselling novelist and educator.. She is the author of several books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Black Brother, Black Brother and Ghost Boys, which has garnered over 50 awards and honors including The Walter Award, the Indies Choice/EB White Read-Aloud Award, and the Jane Addams Children’s ...
Ghost Boys is a 2018 middle-grade novel by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Set in Chicago, the novel follows the story of Jerome, a 12-year-old black boy who is shot and killed by a white police officer before coming back as a ghost. [1] Emmett Till, a black boy who was murdered in 1955, features as another ghost in the text. Rhodes' novel has themes of ...
Jewell Parker Rhodes: Ghosts Boys: Winner [11] [12] [13] David Bowles: They Call Me Güero: Honor [11] [12] [13] Veera Hiranandani: The Night Diary: 2020 Teen Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (illus.) Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me: Winner [14] [15] Akwaeke Emezi: Pet: Honor [14] [15] Elizabeth Acevedo: With the Fire on High ...
Jewell Parker Rhodes: Ghost Boys: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: Winner [26] [27] Jonathan Auxier: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster: Amulet Books: Honor [28] Sayantani DasGupta: The Serpent’s Secret: Scholastic Press: Honor [28] Adam Gidwitz, illus. by Hatem Aly: The Creature of the Pines: Dutton Books for Young Readers ...
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story, 2016 novel by American author Nora Raleigh Baskin; Saturday, 2005 "post 9/11" novel by English writer Ian McEwan; The Submission, 2011 novel by Amy Waldman; Sunrise Over Fallujah, 2008 novel by American author Walter Dean Myers; Towers Falling, 2016 novel by American author Jewell Parker Rhodes
The novel was called "a fabulous, wonderful, inventive novel... a fine celebration of African heritage" by Jewell Parker Rhodes. [3] Though it has been said that the novel "may have left its sci-fi/fantasy roots behind", [1] it was nonetheless warmly received as a work that was quintessentially "Hopkinson" in many respects, not the least of which was its "re-creation of independent Black space ...
The Shadows (Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1), Winner [31] Michael Grant: The Call: Finalists [32] Buckingham: The Dead Boys: Ursula Vernon: Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs: Philip Reeve: Fever Crumb: Jewell Parker Rhodes: Ninth Ward: Cornelia Funke: Reckless: 2011: Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, illustrated by Barry Moser: The ...
Mary Downing Hahn, April Henry, Gordon Korman, Veera Hiranandani, Antony John, Torrey Maldonado, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Roland Smith, Beth Vrabel, Kelly Yang: 2022 No luncheon due to smaller nature of the Festival Phil Bildner, Mary Downing Hahn (virtual), Antony John, Janae Marks, Roland Smith, Padma Venkatraman, Beth Vrabel, Jasmine Warga: 2023