Book

The Jazz Man

by Mary Hays Weik

See its constellation

Remember

Published

1966

Genre

Fiction

Words

3987

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level

4.6

AR interest level

MG — middle grades, 4–8

Lexile

840L

Suggested reading age

ages 9–14

Nine-year-old Zeke, who has a physical disability and lives with his struggling family in Harlem, finds escape and hope in the jazz music played by a neighbor across the courtyard.

ISBN

ISBN-13

9780689717673

Tags

Arts-MusicAward Winners-Newbery HonorCareers-MusicianCommunity Life-NeighborhoodPeople-Black People