Jump into the sky
By: Shelley Pearsall
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Yearling
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780375836992; 9780375936999; 9780375895487; 9780440421405
Subjects: United States; United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th; Segregation; History; African Americans; Fathers and sons; Prejudices; Fiction
Description: 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.
Notes: "A Borzoi Book."