Grimes, Nikki.

Dark sons / Nikki Grimes. - 1st ed. - New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2005. - 216 p. ; 22 cm.

"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.

5.5 Follett Library Resources 5-8

9780786818884 (hc.) 0786818883 (hc.) 1415627428 (BWI bdg.)

2004054208


Ishmael (Biblical figure) --Juvenile fiction.
Ishmael (Biblical figure) --Fiction.
Ishmael (Biblical figure) --Fiction.


Bible--History of Biblical events--Juvenile fiction.
Bible--History of Biblical events--Fiction.


Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Stepbrothers--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Self-perception--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Stepbrothers--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Self-perception--Fiction.
Father-son relationship--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Self-perception--Fiction.
Bible fiction.


New York (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

PZ7.G88429 / Dar 2005

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