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Dave at Night


Thorndike Juvenile

No. of pages 288

Published: 2001

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Great for age 8-18 years

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If nobody wants him, that's fine.He'll just take care of himself.When his father dies, Dave knows nothing will ever be thesame. And then it happens. Dave lands in an orphanage -- the cold and strict Hebrew Home for Boys in Harlem -- far from the life he knew on the Lower East Side. But he's not so worried. He knows he'll be okay. He always is. If it doesn't work out, he'll just leave, find a better place to stay. But it's not that simple.Outside the gates of the orphanage, the nighttime streets of Harlem buzz with jazz musicians and swindlers; exclusive parties and mystifying strangers. Inside, another world unfolds, thick with rare friendships and bitter enemies. Perhaps somewhere, among it all, Dave can find a place that feels like home.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Middle Readers category by the Booksellers' Choice Award. It was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award. It also was recognised by the Sasquatch Award. It was recognised by the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award.

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Gail Carson Levine grew up in New York City and has been writing all her life. Her poems have been published in two anthologies of teenage poetry. She and her husband, David, collaborated on a children's musical that was produced by a theatre in Brooklyn. Today she, David and their airedale, Jake, live in a 200 year old farmhouse in Brewster, New York.

This book is in the following series:

Thorndike Juvenile

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Booksellers' Choice Award
This book was recognised in the Middle Readers category by the Booksellers' Choice Award.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award.

Massachusetts Book Award
This book was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award.

Nutmeg Book Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Nutmeg Book Award.

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
This book was recognised by the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award.

Sasquatch Award
This book was recognised by the Sasquatch Award.

South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award
This book was recognised in the Junior / YA category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award.

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books For Children and Teens
This book was recognised in the Audiobook category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.

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