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Title details for Jump at the Sun by Alicia D. Williams - Available

Jump at the Sun

by Alicia D. Williams
Jacqueline Alcántara
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From the Newbery Honor–winning author of Genesis Begins Again comes a shimmering picture book that shines the light on Zora Neale Hurston, the extraordinary writer and storycatcher extraordinaire who changed the face of American literature.
Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun", because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you'd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped, she shined sunlight on the tales most people hadn't been bothered to listen to until Zora. The tales no one had written down until Zora. Tales on a whole culture of literature overlooked...until Zora. Until Zora jumped.
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Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 12, 2021

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  • ISBN: 9781534419148
  • Release date: January 12, 2021
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Multi-Cultural

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.1
Lexile® Measure:1030
Interest Level:K-3(LG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

From the Newbery Honor–winning author of Genesis Begins Again comes a shimmering picture book that shines the light on Zora Neale Hurston, the extraordinary writer and storycatcher extraordinaire who changed the face of American literature.
Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun", because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you'd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped, she shined sunlight on the tales most people hadn't been bothered to listen to until Zora. The tales no one had written down until Zora. Tales on a whole culture of literature overlooked...until Zora. Until Zora jumped.
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Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Multi-Cultural