Ghost Boys Graphic Novel

Author: Parker Rhodes, Jewell

Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage)

Published on 15 January 2026 by Hachette Children's Group (Orion Children's Books) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 264 pages
150 x 211 x 18 | 558g

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Ghost Boys, the New York Times bestselling novel about a Black boy killed by a white police officer from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, is brought to a new audience in this heartbreaking and powerful graphic novel with striking colour artwork by Setor Fiadzigbey.

ALIVE Twelve-year-old Jerome doesn't get into trouble. He goes to school. He does his homework. He takes care of his little sister.

Then Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. DEAD As a ghost, watching his family trying to cope with his death, Jerome begins to notice other ghost boys. Each boy has a story and they all have something in common... Bit by bit, Jerome begins to understand what really happened - not just to him, but to all of the ghost boys. A poignant and gripping graphic novel about how children and families face the complexities of race and racism in today's world.