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Dark sonsDark sons

Dark sons

Nikki Grimes

4.0(1)on Hardcover

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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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OL Work ID
OL15615968W

Subjects

BibleStepbrothersFathers and sonsFictionSelf-perceptionHistory of Biblical eventsIshmaelAfrican AmericansNovels in verseJuvenile fictionFathers and sons, fictionAfrican americans, fictionSelf-perception, fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionBible, history of biblical events, fictionChildren's fiction

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