Pearsall, Shelley. <br/><br/>
Jump into the sky / 
Shelley Pearsall. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  c2012. 
 - 344 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A Borzoi Book." 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780375936999  9780440421405 (trade pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011024935 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army.  Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th --Juvenile fiction.<br/>United States. Army.  Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Segregation--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.<br/>African Americans--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Segregation--Fiction.<br/>Prejudices--Fiction.<br/>African Americans--Fiction.<br/>Fathers and sons--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.P3166  / Jum 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]