Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it
better.
Twelve-year-old
Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a
real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been
unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as
an unjust and brutal killing.
Soon Jerome meets
another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but
similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened,
on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led
to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the
daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father's
actions.
Once again Jewell
Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers
into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families
face the complexities of today's world, and how one boy grows to
understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death.