Dark sons / Nikki Grimes.
By: Grimes, Nikki.
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BookPublisher: New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: 216 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780786818884 (hc.); 0786818883 (hc.); 1415627428 (BWI bdg.).Subject(s): Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction | Stepbrothers -- Juvenile fiction | Ishmael (Biblical figure) -- Juvenile fiction | African Americans -- Juvenile fiction | Self-perception -- Juvenile fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction | Bible -- History of Biblical events -- Juvenile fiction | Fathers and sons -- Fiction | Stepbrothers -- Fiction | Ishmael (Biblical figure) -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Self-perception -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction | Bible -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction | Father-son relationship -- Fiction | Brothers -- Fiction | Ishmael (Biblical figure) -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Self-perception -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction | Bible fictionDDC classification: [Fic] 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.
"Jump at the Sun."
Kirkus Review
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.
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