Dark Sons
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| Author(s) | Nikki Grimes |
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| Publisher | Jump at the Sun |
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| Alternating between biblical times and contemporary Brooklyn, New York, Nikki Grimes masterfully tells the stories of two boys separated by time, geography, and culture who struggle with their fractured families. Dark Sons is a story of love and forgiveness, and the comfort brought by faith in difficult times. | |
Sam can’t believe it when his father leaves the family to marry another woman—and a white woman, at that. The betrayal cuts deep—Sam had been so close to his dad. Now who can he turn to, who can he trust? Even God seems to have ditched him.
Ishmael is his father’s first son and heir, even if his mother is a servant. But then his father is visited by mysterious strangers who claim that Abraham’s wife, Sarah, will finally give birth to a son. Ishmael is worried. And when baby Isaac arrives, Ishmael becomes more isolated from Abraham. Would his father ever betray Ishmael in favor of this new son?
But even as these boys struggle with their own fathers, it is their Father in heaven—and small everyday miracles—who sees them through.
Alternating between biblical times and contemporary Brooklyn, New York, Nikki Grimes masterfully tells the stories of two boys separated by time, geography, and culture who struggle with their fractured families. Dark Sons is a story of love and forgiveness, and the comfort brought by faith in difficult times.
