Jump at the Sun

From the Newbery Honorwinning 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 youd 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 hadnt been bothered to listen to until Zora. The tales no one had written down until Zora. Tales on a whole culture of literature overlookeduntil Zora. Until Zora jumped.