Bibliograph

Jump into the sky, Shelley Pearsall

Type

Label

Jump into the sky, Shelley Pearsall

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestGradeLevel

5-8, Follett Library Resources

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Jump into the sky

resource.readingGradeLevel

6.9

resource.references

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

Responsibility statement

Shelley Pearsall

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification