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On Sale: 01/21/2014
ISBN: 9780312659363
80 Pages, Ages 10-13So 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.
CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best, IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book, School Library Best Books of the Year, ALA Notable Children's Books, CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI), Booklist Editors' Choice, Coretta Scott King Honor, Author, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, American Library Association Notable Children's Books, Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
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Keeping the Night Watch: ALA Book Talk
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