Jump into the sky

Title
: 
Jump into the sky

Author
: 
Pearsall, Shelley.

ISBN
: 
9780375836992

Edition
: 
1st ed.

Publication Information
: 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.

Physical Description
: 
344 p. ; 22 cm.

Reading Level
: 
940 L Lexile

Corporate Subject
: 
United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 505th -- Fiction.

Subject Term
: 
Segregation -- Fiction.
 
Prejudices -- Fiction.
 
African Americans -- Fiction.
 
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
: 
United States -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.

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.


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R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)J FICTION PEAChecked Out
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)J FICTION PEAChecked Out