num_pages: 32
description: Offering to quit school after his mother is laid off from her job, Sonny must find another solution when his mother refuses, and, with the help of a jazz musician, hosts a "rent party," where music helps to raise the needed money, in a touching story of jazz, friendship, and community.
language: English
title: Rent Party Jazz
titlecomplete: Rent Party Jazz
genres: Music, Cultural, Picture Books, Childrens, African American, Family, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poverty, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 234
publisher: Lee & Low Books