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Author Pearsall, Shelley.

Title Jump into the sky / Shelley Pearsall.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2012]
©2012

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J PEARSALL    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Middle School Books  MSF PEARSALL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J F PEARSALL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J PEARSALL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J PEARSALL    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J PEARSALL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 344 pages ; 22 cm
Note "A Borzoi Book."
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 13.0 153128.
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.
United States -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
Segregation -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
ISBN 9780375836992 hardback
0375836993 hardback
9780375936999 hardcover library binding
0375936998 hardcover library binding
9780375895487 ebook
0375895485 ebook
9780440421405 trade pbk.
0440421403 trade pbk.
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