
Ghost Boys: the Graphic Novel
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Paperback · December 2, 2025
Experience Jewell Parker Rhodes's award-winning storytelling in this tender yet visceral graphic novel adaptation of her New York Times bestselling novel, with poignant illustrations by Setor Fiadzigbey.
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- Who it’s for
- A compact, stage-ready graphic novel with a somber, human pulse.
- Genres
- Black Graphic Novels, Prejudice & Racism, Ghost Stories
- Published
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, December 2, 2025
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Experience Jewell Parker Rhodes's award-winning storytelling in this tender yet visceral graphic novel adaptation of her New York Times bestselling novel, with poignant illustrations by Setor Fiadzigbey. 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 is unleashed on his family and community in the wake of this unjust and brutal killing.
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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 toward 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 shot him, as she grapples with her father's actions. Now gorgeously a graphic novel with gripping artwork from Black Panther illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey, Ghost Boys once again deftly explores the historical and sociopolitical layers involved in how children and families face the complexities of today’s world—and how one boy, in particular, comes to understand American Blackness in the aftermath of his own death.
Graphic Intensity
A compact, stage-ready graphic novel with a somber, human pulse.
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- graphic-novel intensity
- serious, warm storytelling
Expect
- historical framing
- collector-friendly format
Where it sits
| Black Graphic Novels | 85% |
|---|---|
| Ghost Stories | 76% |
| Prejudice & Racism | 64% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Black Graphic Novels
- 20th-Century U.S.
- Prejudice & Racism
- Violence & Safety
- Authors
- Jewell Parker Rhodes, Setor Fiadzigbey
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Published
- December 2, 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Black Graphic Novels