Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Hope Anita Smith ,
E B Lewis
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Imprint: Perfection Learning
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 18.80cm
Weight: 0.295kg
ISBN: 9781627654401
ISBN 10: 1627654402
Pages: 73
Publication Date: 21 January 2014
Recommended Age: From 10 to 13 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
* 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winnerLand of Enchantment Book Award Master Reading List for 2004-2005A School Library Journal Best Book Smith and Evans have created a wonderful way to introduce young readers to the world of poetry. -- Black Issues Book Review Hope Smith's voice is vivid and evocative, I'm glad her words are in the world. --Jacqueline Woodson Good poetry touches the heart, and this offering does just that. -- School Library Journal, starred Evans's illustrations are characteristically powerful, the naturalistic renderings carrying great emotion. -- Kirkus Reviews
* 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
* 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Land of Enchantment Book Award Master Reading List for 2004-2005 A School Library Journal Best Book Smith and Evans have created a wonderful way to introduce young readers to the world of poetry. -- Black Issues Book Review Hope Smith's voice is vivid and evocative, I'm glad her words are in the world. --Jacqueline Woodson Good poetry touches the heart, and this offering does just that. -- School Library Journal, starred Evans's illustrations are characteristically powerful, the naturalistic renderings carrying great emotion. -- Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Hope Anita Smith is the author of The Way a Door Closes, the prequel to Keeping the Night Watch. A professional storyteller, 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.
