Jimi & Me
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion
Publication Year
2005
ISBN
9780786852147
Pages
329 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel in verse
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
After his father's tragic death, twelve-year-old Keith James moves from Brooklyn to a small midwestern town where his mixed race heritage is not accepted, but he finds comfort in the music of Jimi Hendrix and the friendship of a white classmate.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Family member death; Single parent; Biracial; Interracial death of a father; single mother; biracial child; interracial parents
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
single mother
Awards
Booklist Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2006
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, Supplement to Ninth Edition, 2007
Senior High School Library Catalog, Sixteenth Edition, 2006 Supplement, 2006
Keywords
pre-adolescent; grief; fathers and sons; Jimi Hendrix; murder; financial troubles; music; Ohio; new school; guitar
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Adolf, Jaime, "Jimi & Me" (2005). Diverse Families. 558.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/558