Jump into the Sky
[New York] : Listening Library/Random House Audio, [2012]
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 7 sound discs (approximately 72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Subjects:
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.
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.
Target Audience: 3-6.
ISBN:
9780449014028
UPC: 9780449014028
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Title from web.
Compact discs.
Duration: 8:24:00.
Sound recording.
Read by J.B. Adkins.
Compact discs.
Duration: 8:24:00.
Sound recording.
Read by J.B. Adkins.