Keeping the night watch / Hope Anita Smith ; with illustrations by E.B. Lewis.

Author/creator Smith, Hope Anita
Other author Lewis, E. B. (Earl Bradley), 1956- illustrator.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Description73 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Subjects

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 members -- 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.
Abstract 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.
Local noteLittle-349099--305131055252W
LCCN 2007012372
ISBN9780805072020 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0805072020 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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