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Jul 02, 2018JCLHebahA rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is a book that I'm glad exists... and hate that it has to. This timely middle-grade story combines the threads of a twelve-year-old boy shot and killed by police who mistake his toy gun for the real deal with that of Emmett Till and countless other "ghost boys" who died as a result of prejudice and racism. It's a story of bearing witness to these injustices, handled at an age-appropriate level, which is to say, it doesn't flinch from its subject matter but also handles it lightly enough to encourage conversation and empathy.