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A review by readoodles
Jump Into the Sky by Shelley Pearsall
5.0
I thought the writing about first exposure to discrimination was very moving.
BOOK TALK:
Levi has been left behind all his life. First his mother left him. Then his dad left to be a traveling salesman leaving Levi with his grandmother. His grandma left this world and, now Levi's staying with his Aunt Odella. Levi's dad is in the U.S. Army and World War II is almost over. Aunt Odella decides it's time for Levi to learn some leaving of his own. The next thing he knows Levi is on a train from Chicago to North Carolina, where Aunt Adella thinks he will find his dad. Levi is looking forward to doing some finding. What he finds are signs: white this way, no coloreds here. Levi would like to go back to leaving.
BOOK TALK:
Levi has been left behind all his life. First his mother left him. Then his dad left to be a traveling salesman leaving Levi with his grandmother. His grandma left this world and, now Levi's staying with his Aunt Odella. Levi's dad is in the U.S. Army and World War II is almost over. Aunt Odella decides it's time for Levi to learn some leaving of his own. The next thing he knows Levi is on a train from Chicago to North Carolina, where Aunt Adella thinks he will find his dad. Levi is looking forward to doing some finding. What he finds are signs: white this way, no coloreds here. Levi would like to go back to leaving.