Jump into the sky
by Shelley Pearsall
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In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi Battle travels 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.
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Fathers and sons, Prejudices, Fiction, United States, Segregation, United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th, African Americans, History, Juvenile fiction, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, World War, 1939-1945, Father-son relationship, Children's fiction, African americans, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Prejudices, fiction, United states, history, fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fictionPlaces
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"First Scholastic printing, September 2013"--Title page verso.
"This edition is available for distribution only through the school market"--Cover verso.
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.
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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.
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