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The Judge
Ms. Penny is the librarian at Sarah Moore’s well-resourced middle school. Though she initially tries to dissuade Sarah from researching the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till on the grounds that it would be too disturbing for a child Sarah’s age, she eventually decides that keeping Sarah ignorant isn’t right. She shows Sarah an image of Emmett Till’s brutalized corpse, furthering the growth of Sarah’s antiracist political consciousness.
Ms. Penny Quotes in Ghost Boys
The Ghost Boys quotes below are all either spoken by Ms. Penny or refer to Ms. Penny. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Dead (p. 85–191)
Quotes
“Maybe you shouldn’t know about it. At least for now. It’s terrible when grown men kill a child.”
“Like my dad?”
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Ms. Penny Quotes in Ghost Boys
The Ghost Boys quotes below are all either spoken by Ms. Penny or refer to Ms. Penny. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Dead (p. 85–191)
Quotes
“Maybe you shouldn’t know about it. At least for now. It’s terrible when grown men kill a child.”
“Like my dad?”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
