Jerome & The Alive Sections
He is the 12-year-old protagonist shot by a police officer at the beginning of the book.
Who is Jerome Rogers?
Emmett Till is originally from this major Midwestern city, which is also Jerome's hometown.
What is Chicago?
She is the 12-year-old daughter of Officer Moore and the only living person who can see Jerome's ghost.
Who is Sarah Moore?
This object, given to Jerome by his friend Carlos, is mistaken by police for a real weapon.
What is a toy gun?
In real life and the book, Emmett Till is murdered in 1955 while visiting family in this Southern state.
What is Mississippi?
Emmett tells Jerome that the ultimate purpose of the ghost boys is to perform this action for one another.
What is to "bear witness"?
To escape neighborhood bullies like Eddie, Jerome and Carlos hide in this school location.
What is the school bathroom?
Emmett's mother famously chose this type of funeral service to show the world the brutality of his murder.
What is an open-casket funeral?
Sarah and Carlos create this specific digital project to honor Jerome and other victims of racial bias.
What is a website? (Acceptable alternative: End Book Project/Memorial)
This is the name of Jerome's younger sister, whom he protects fiercely.
Who is Kim Rogers?
This is the age of Emmett Till when he was brutally lynched.
What is 14 years old?
Emmett shows Jerome windows looking out at thousands of other ghost boys, including these two real-life historical figures.
Who are Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice? (Acceptable: Michael Brown, Laquan McDonald)
Jerome's grandmother looks forward to hearing this during negative times.
What are three good things?
In the novel, Emmett Till serves as this specific type of guide to Jerome in the afterlife.
What is a mentor?
According to the final pages of the book, these are the only people who can actively make the world a better place.
Who are the living?