{"product_id":"jump-at-the-sun-the-true-life-tale-of-unstoppable-storycatcher-zora-neale-hurston-9781534419131","title":"Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Newbery Honor-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGenesis Begins Again\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZora 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 you'd 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 hadn't been bothered to listen to until Zora. The tales no one had written down until Zora. Tales on a whole culture of literature overlooked...until Zora. Until Zora jumped.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlicia D. Williams is the author of \u003ci\u003eGenesis Begins Again\u003c\/i\u003e, which received Newbery and Kirkus Prize honors, was a William C. Morris Award finalist, and for which she won the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent; and picture books \u003ci\u003eJump at the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Talk \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was also a Coretta Scott King Honor book. An oral storyteller in the African American tradition, she lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacqueline Alcántara is the illustrator of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Field\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFreedom Soup\u003c\/i\u003e. Her favorite days are spent drawing, painting, writing, and walking her dog. In 2016, she was awarded the inaugural We Need Diverse Books Illustrator mentorship. Find out more at JacquelineAlcantara.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atheneum Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620511944978,"sku":"9781534419131","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c7098ef-f2ee-47c8-b6bb-11534047e75e.jpg?v=1732568144","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jump-at-the-sun-the-true-life-tale-of-unstoppable-storycatcher-zora-neale-hurston-9781534419131","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}