Keeping the Night Watch

Hope Anita Smith; illustrated by E. B. Lewis

Henry Holt and Co.

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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.

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Cindy Dobrez talks about Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith In this stunning free verse follow-up to The Way a Door Closes, CJ learns to cope with life after his absentee father returns home. Keeping the Night Watch is a 2009 Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Buy it now wherever books are sold.

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* "Beautiful." — Booklist, starred review
 
"A lovely melding of accesible beauty, hard truth, and aesthetic inspiration for young readers and budding writers." — The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
 
"[an] affecting portrait of one family's rebirth." — The Horn Book
 
 

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Hope Anita Smith; illustrated by E. B. Lewis

Hope Anita Smith is the author of The Way a Door Closes, the prequel to Keeping the Night Watch. A professional story-teller, Hope teaches poetry-writing workshops to all grade levels. She lives in Los Angeles, California. 
 
E.B. Lewis has illustrated over 35 books for young readers, including Coming on Home Soon, for which he received a Caldecott honor, and His Talkin’ About Bessie, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. He teaches illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and lives in Folsom, New Jersey.

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Keeping the Night Watch
Hope Anita Smith; illustrated by E. B. Lewis
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American Library Association Notable Children's Books, Coretta Scott King Honor, Author, IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book, Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI), Booklist Editors' Choice, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best

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Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Henry Holt and Co.
March 2008
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780805072020
ISBN10: 0805072020
Middle-Grade Poetry
6 1/2 x 10 inches, 80 pages, Full-color illustrations throughout
Age Range: 10 to 13
Grade Range: 5 to 8
$18.95
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