Ghost Boys
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 20,855
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 360L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 194391, 3 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Police shootings--Fiction
- Death--Fiction
- Chicago
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Fiction | Ghost Stories
- Family life--Illinois--Chicago--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Fiction
- Police shootings
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Family life
- African Americans--Fiction
- Till, Emmett
- African Americans
- Illinois
- Racism--Fiction
- Death
- Racism
- Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 10
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Book Readings 4
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Awards & Distinctions 12
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Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
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Commended, 2019
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Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019
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Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2024
Honor, 2019
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Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2023
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Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2019
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Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Honor, 2019
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Selection, 2019
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Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2018
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2018
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