Main characters
Who is Jerome and his family?
Kim, ma, pa and Jerome is and 12 year old black kid, who gets bullied.
What is Jerome's personality?
He is loving and caring and good with school.
How old is Emmett?
76 years old.
Why does Sarah's relationship with her dad change?
Because Sarah's dad is getting payed when he just shot a kid and he is not working.
What does Jerome think of Sarah?
He thinks that he had never met her.
Why did Officer Moore shoot Jerome?
He thought that it was a man or bad guy with a gun.
How did Jerome's death impact Carlos?
Carlos took care of Kim and protected her for Jerome's parents.
How did his community effect Jerome?
There are drug dealers and bullies. So he has to live in an environment with cops.
What were Jerome's three good things?
School is fun, I want a cat and a dog.
Who shot Emmett?
The husband of the person who Emmett whistled at.
Why did Emmett's death impact the world?
It was the start of the Civil Rights Movement.
How has Jerome's personality effects him?
He gets bullied and he has no friends other than Carlos.
What is the theme of the book?
The theme is that racism is a horrible part of the world and it should not be a thing anymore.