Title: The Jacob ladder
Description: After his father leaves their family, twelve-year-old Uton Hinds, known as Tall T, tries to earn extra money in his Jamaican village and tries to further his education as he ponders how he feels about his father's behavior.
Subjects: Blacks, Family, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Poverty, Family life, Children's fiction, Family life, fiction, Jamaica, fiction, Blacks, fiction, Poverty, fiction, Parent and child, fiction
Places: Jamaica
People: Uton Hinds