Levine, Gail Carson. Dave at night.LEVINE, Gail Carson. Dave at night. Harper-Trophy. 281p. c1999. 0-06-440747-0. $6.99. J* To quote the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, January 2001: After the funeral After the Funeral is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1953 under the title of Funerals are Fatal of Dave's adored father, his stepmother announces that she can't keep 11-year-old Dave or his brother Gideon. One of their uncles volunteers to take the calmer Gideon, but nobody can take Dave. It's New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. during the Depression and folks are barely getting by. That's how the irrepressible Dave ends up at the HHB HHB Headquarters Battery HHb Deoxyhemoglobin HHB Headquarters & Headquarters Battery HHB Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion HHB Half Human Band (band) HHB Hello Honey Bear (Hopeless House of Beggars, Hell Hole for Brats, or Hebrew Home for Boys). The man who runs the orphanage is cruel and Dave is determined to run away after he recovers the one memento he has from his father. Adventures ensue. When he ventures out of the HHB at night, Dave is befriended by Solly, a fortune teller who quickly becomes "Uncle Solly," and Irma, an African American girl who invites Dave to parties in Harlem. Levine explains at the end how the story of Dave and the orphanage was inspired by her father's childhood. This is a rollicking rol·lick·ing adj. Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous: a rollicking celebration. rol , heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing adj. 1. Causing gladness and pleasure. 2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. Adj. 1. story about friendship, loyalty, cruelty, and hope. Highly recommended for "kids" of all ages. Michele Winship, Asst. Prof., Capital Univ., Columbus, OH J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. *--The asterisk highlights exceptional books. |
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