Ghost Boys

Praise for Ghost Boys The #1 Kids' Indies Next Pick

* "Rhodes captures the all-too-real pain of racial injustice and provides an important window for readers who are just beginning to explore the ideas of privilege and implicit bias."--School Library Journal, starred review "Unblinkingly confronts challenging perspectives and the mutability of truth."--Shelf Awareness "A timely, challenging book that's worthy of a read, further discussion, and action."--Kirkus Reviews Praise for Towers Falling "History made personal--and what a person! Deja's voice is real and memorable, her compelling story one of hope unmarred by sentimentality."--Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author * "An excellent novel that delves into the timely topic of racism... with the question of whether or not we really have come far when dealing with race relations."--School Library Connection, starred review Additional praise and awards for Jewell Parker Rhodes' books: Ninth Ward was named a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, a Notable Book for a Global Society, a CCBC Choices pick, a VOYA Top Shelf Fiction pick, an ALSC Notable Children's Book, an SLJ Best Book of the Year, an IndieBound Kids' Next List pick, a Parents' Choice Gold Award recipient, and an NYPL Top 100 Title for Reading & Sharing. Sugar was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, an IndieBound Kids' Next List pick, a Jane Addams Book Award winner, an IRA Top Chapter Books selection, and a CCBC Choices Pick. Bayou Magic was an LA Times summer reading selection and a Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books selection. Towers Falling was an Indiebound Kids' Next List selection, a Junior Library Guild selection, one of Amazon's Best Books of the Month, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, a Seventeen Magazine Best Book of the Year, and a Notable Book for a Global Society. "This is a welcome contribution to children's literature."--School Library Journal "This tender retelling of tragedy is a solid vessel to help young readers understand the gravity of 9/11 and how it touches all Americans, no matter where we come from. "--Kirkus Reviews "Rhodes approaches a complex, painful topic with insight and grace, providing context to an event distant to the book's audience." --Publishers Weekly "[A] welcome exploration of the long-ranging costs of 9/11." --The New York Times (covered in multiple pieces about key novels publishing in time for the 15th anniversary of the attacks)