Product Description
In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi is sent to find the father he has not seen in three years, going from Chicago, to segregated North Carolina, and finally to Pendleton, Oregon, where he learns that his father's unit, the all-Black 555th paratrooper battalion, will never see combat but finally has a mission. Includes historical notes.Product Videos
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Author Shelley Pearsall
Binding Paperback
Language English
Book Type Historical Fiction
Grade Content 5
Guided Reading Level Y
Lexile 940
Accelerated Reading Level 5.8
Subject Social Studies
Standard SS5H4e. Explain rationing, the roles of African American and women, "Rosie the Riveter
and the Tuskegee Airmen.;Copyright 2012;