Dark Sons
by Grimes, Nikki
ALA Best Book for Young AdultsNCTE Notable Children's Books in the LanCoretta Scott King Award/HonorsEsteemBlended FamiliesParents & Parental FiguresDaughters, Sons, & Nonbinary OffspringBlack People
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AR Book Level
4.8
AR Points
2
Word Count
12,611
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
100575 EN
About this book
Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in NYC, as they come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their stepbrothers.