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Jump into the sky / Shelley Pearsall.

Pearsall, Shelley (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780375836992 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: 344 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Borzoi Book."
Includes historical notes.

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Subject: United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th > Juvenile fiction.
Segregation > Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices > Juvenile fiction
African Americans > Juvenile fiction
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Baker County Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Baker County Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Baker County Library PEARSALL (Shelley) (Text) 37814002665215 JUV FICTION Available -
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