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Author:

Pearsall, Shelley.

Title:

Jump into the sky [soundrecording]. [sound recording] / Shelley Pearsall.

Format:

[sound recording] /

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Listening Library/Random House Audio,

Copyright Date:

p2012

Description:

7 sound discs (ca. 72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Segregation--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
United States. Army.--Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Fiction.
Segregation--Juvenile sound recordings.--Juvenile sound recordings.
Prejudices--Juvenile sound recordings.--Juvenile sound recordings.
African Americans--Juvenile sound recordings.--Juvenile sound recordings.
Children's audiobooks.

Other Authors:

Adkins, J. B.

Notes:

Compact discs. Read by J.B. Adkins. Duration: 8:24:00.

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.

ISBN:

0449014029
9780449014028

OCLC:

(OCoLC)764337340

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)