Florida School Board Shelves Children s Novel About a Boy Killed by Police
On 5/10/21 at 5:11 PM EDT
Sun-Sentinel reports that the book in question is Jewell Parker Rhodes s Ghost Boys. A fifth-grade classroom in Coral Springs, Florida, was studying the book together before the Broward County school board ordered the classroom to immediately cancel all readings and assignments related to the book.
The novel is told from the perspective of 12-year-old Jerome, a Black child who was fatally shot after a police officer mistook his toy gun for a real one, according to the book blurb found on Goodreads. Jerome s ghost befriends the ghost of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, who helps Jerome understand the circumstances surrounding his death. In the story, Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer responsible for Jerome s death.
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Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Xan rescues the abandoned children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey. When Luna approaches her thirteenth birthday, her magic begins to emerge on schedule–but Xan is far away. Soon, it is up to Luna to protect those who have protected her–even if it means the end of the loving, safe world she’s always known.