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Author:

Pearsall, Shelley.

Title:

Jump into the sky / Shelley Pearsall.

Edition:

1st Yearling ed.

Publisher:

Yearling,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

344 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Segregation--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Lexile 940
Historical Fiction
United States.--Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Segregation--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
United States.--Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
United States--History--World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Segregation--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
United States.--Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--Fiction.
Father-son relationship--Fiction.
United States--History--World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

"A Yearling book"--T.p.

Summary:

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.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal, September 2012
Booklist starred, September 2012
Library Media Connection starred, January 2013
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October 2012
Publisher's Weekly, July 2012
Horn Book, April 2013
Choice, April 2013
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2012

ISBN:

0440421403
9780440421405 (pbk.)

Locations:

LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)

63SX755 -- MMCRU-Remsen PreK-8 (Remsen)