Jump into the sky /
Pearsall, Shelley.
Jump into the sky / Shelley Pearsall. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012. - 344 p. ; 22 cm.
"A Borzoi Book."
In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi is sent to find the father he has not seen in three years, going from Chicago, to segregated North Carolina, and finally to Pendleton, Oregon, where he learns that his father's unit, the all-Black 555th paratrooper battalion, will never see combat but finally has a mission. Includes historical notes.
9780375936999 9780440421405 (trade pbk.)
2011024935
United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th --Juvenile fiction.
United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th --Fiction.
Segregation--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Segregation--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
United States--History--World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
PZ7.P3166 / Jum 2012
[Fic]
Jump into the sky / Shelley Pearsall. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012. - 344 p. ; 22 cm.
"A Borzoi Book."
In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi is sent to find the father he has not seen in three years, going from Chicago, to segregated North Carolina, and finally to Pendleton, Oregon, where he learns that his father's unit, the all-Black 555th paratrooper battalion, will never see combat but finally has a mission. Includes historical notes.
9780375936999 9780440421405 (trade pbk.)
2011024935
United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th --Juvenile fiction.
United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th --Fiction.
Segregation--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Segregation--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
United States--History--World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
PZ7.P3166 / Jum 2012
[Fic]