Keeping the Night Watch
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 73 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
A thirteen-year-old African American boy chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home and they all must deal with their feelings of anger, hope, abandonment, and fear.
Contents:
We are family -- Family cooking instructions -- Pretending -- Sticks and stones -- Somebody's callin' my name -- Showdown at the O.K. Corral -- Family tales -- If you can't stand the heat... -- Seven ways of looking at my father -- The night watchman -- Parents and teachers -- Unidentified family member (UFM) -- The jeweler -- Sign language -- A talk on the moon -- Mountain climbing -- The good stuff -- Crazy glue -- Place cards -- Man-to-man -- Maya's sonnet -- Preacher's sermon on the mount -- Tongue-tied -- Field trip -- Fences -- Lunch is a battlefield -- Row, row, row... -- For real -- (Nick) Tuck -- Best-kept secret -- Can you hear me now? -- Zuri's ABCs -- Light at the end of the tunnel -- Blueprint -- Dance with me.
Subjects:
Novels in verse -- Juvenile poetry.
Families -- Juvenile poetry.
Fathers -- Juvenile poetry.
African Americans -- Juvenile poetry.
Novels in verse -- Juvenile poetry.
Families -- Juvenile poetry.
Fathers -- Juvenile poetry.
African Americans -- Juvenile poetry.
ISBN:
9780805072020 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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C Smith | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Smith | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Smith | Main (Downtown) | Display, Children's Fiction | In |
C Smith | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C Smith | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C Smith | Edgewood | Children's Fiction | In |
C Smith | North Main | Children's Fiction | In |
Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2009.