Dark sons
About this book
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.
Subjects
StepbrothersFathers and sonsFictionReading Level-Grade 5Reading Level-Grade 4Reading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 6Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Children's fictionAfrican americans, fictionBible, history of biblical events, fictionStepfamilies, fictionSelf-perception, fictionStories in rhymeFathers and sons, fiction