[aisle] Ghost Boys

[Feeley, Francis]

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater is a work of nonfiction that centers around an
act of violence by a black adolescent perpetrated upon a white transgender
adolecscent.

American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Two authors. Two
characters perspectives (one black adolescent and one white adolescent).

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 8:52 AM Robin Jacob via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Blended by Sharon Draper and A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
> are great middle grade books that touch on police violence and race for the
> second request.
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> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> *On Behalf Of *Jordan
> Adams via AISLE
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 26, 2022 8:34 AM
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> *Cc:* Jordan Adams <jadams at rccu1.net>
> *Subject:* [aisle] Ghost Boys
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> Hello all,
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> Our 7th graders are reading Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes as a class
> novel this year and we have a parent complaining that it is
> teaching/supporting racism. I haven't been the one dealing with the parent,
> the classroom teacher is, but based on the discussion being had, the parent
> obviously hasn't read the book.
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> If you haven't read the book, its about a white police officer shooting a
> young black boy. The young boy comes back as a ghost and interacts with
> other young black boys that have been shot as well as with the daughter of
> the police officer who did the shooting. To me, this book offers a very
> unique perspective including the daughter of the police officer. I
> personally think that it does a good job offering both sides of the story.
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> The complaining parent is wanting a title to be taught that shows a black
> person shooting a white person. I know this is a ridiculous request, but I
> was wondering if any of you could think of a title like this that would be
> appropriate for 7th grade. There is no plan to teach this other title, but
> I was just going to try and see if there were any titles that fit this
> request.
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> Also, if you can think of other titles like Ghost Boys, that would be
> appreciated too.
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