Dark Sons /
Grimes, Nikki, 1950- , author.
Dark Sons / Nikki Grimes. - First Hyperion Paperbacks edition. - New York : Hyperion, 2007, c2005. - 216 pages ; 21 cm
"Jump at the Sun." A novel written in free verse.
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.
Ages 12+
Coretta Scott King Award, 2006
9781423102519 1423102517
Ishmael (Biblical figure) --Fiction.
Bible--History of Biblical events--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Stepbrothers--Fiction.
Black people--Fiction.
Self-perception--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Novels in verse.
FICTION / African American & Black / General.
FICTION / Historical / Ancient.
FICTION / General.
F GRI
Dark Sons / Nikki Grimes. - First Hyperion Paperbacks edition. - New York : Hyperion, 2007, c2005. - 216 pages ; 21 cm
"Jump at the Sun." A novel written in free verse.
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.
Ages 12+
Coretta Scott King Award, 2006
9781423102519 1423102517
Ishmael (Biblical figure) --Fiction.
Bible--History of Biblical events--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Stepbrothers--Fiction.
Black people--Fiction.
Self-perception--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Novels in verse.
FICTION / African American & Black / General.
FICTION / Historical / Ancient.
FICTION / General.
F GRI