| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
216 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Note |
"Jump at the Sun." |
| Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, November 2005 |
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Pub Weekly, October 2005 |
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Horn Book, November 2005 |
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Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2005 |
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Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2005 |
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Kirkus Review, August 2005 |
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Library Media Connection, March 2006 |
| Summary |
Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers. |
| Audience |
5.5 |
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5-8 Follett Library Resources |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG RL 4.8 2.0 100575 852 PCMS |
| Awards |
Coretta Scott King Award, 2006 |
| Subject |
Ishmael (Biblical figure) -- Fiction.
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Father-son relationship -- Fiction.
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Brothers -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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Self-perception -- Fiction.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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Bible fiction.
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| ISBN |
0786818883 |
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