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, 3.0 AR Points
- 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
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 11
Author Fan Face-off with Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Interview with Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 10
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Listen and Respond from TeachingBooks
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Educator's Guide from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Teaching Ideas from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-2020
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-2020
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Curriculum Connections from Vermont Department of Libraries
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Support Materials from Reading is Fundamental
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Book Club Guide from Little, Brown and Company
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Educator Guide from Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Book Readings 4
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Miles Harvey
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Miles Harvey
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Video Book Reading of "Chapter 1" narrated by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Video Book Reading narrated by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Book Trailers 1
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Awards & Distinctions 12
Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2021
Winner, 2019
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, 2012 - 2019
Winner, 2019
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2021
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2022
Honor, 2019
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2022
Winner, 2019
ILA Children’s Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2019
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2019
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Honor, 2019
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2021
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Middle Selection, 2018
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