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Keeping the Night Watch
Contributor(s): Smith, Hope Anita (Author), Lewis, E. B. (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0312659369 ISBN-13: 9780312659363
Publisher: Square Fish

OUR PRICE: $9.34

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2014
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Stories In Verse (see Also Poetry)
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 10-13

Grade Level: 5-8

Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.52" W x 9.77" L (0.47 lbs) 73 pages

Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Topical - Family

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 122208
Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0

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Publisher Description:

So many unanswered questions weigh down thirteen-year-old C.J. as he struggles to understand why his father walked out. His father is back now, though C.J. is not as quick to forgive as the other members of his family. He still feels the weight of responsibility that fell on his shoulders when Daddy was gone, and he's not prepared to give that up. But C.J.'s anger is making him a stranger in his own home, and instead of life seeming better now that Daddy has returned, it feels worse.

Through powerful poems, Hope Anita Smith chronicles the nuanced emotions of a family that is slowly learning to heal and put the pieces back together.

Keeping the Night Watch is a 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book and a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Contributor Bio(s): Lewis, E. B.: - E. B. Lewis won the 2005 Caldecott Honor Book for Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and the 2003 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, for Talkin' About Bessie by Nikki Grimes. Mr. Lewis teaches illustration at Philadelphia's University of the Arts. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.Lewis, E. B.: - E. B. Lewis won the 2005 Caldecott Honor Book for Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and the 2003 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, for Talkin' About Bessie by Nikki Grimes. Mr. Lewis teaches illustration at Philadelphia's University of the Arts. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.Smith, Hope Anita: - Hope Anita Smith is the author of The Way a Door Closes and its sequel, Keeping the Night Watch. A professional story-teller, Hope teaches poetry-writing workshops to all grade levels. A native of Akron, Ohio, Ms. Smith now lives in Los Angeles, California.

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