Dave at Night (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780064407472)

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.

Author: Gail Carson Levine
ISBN-10: 0064407470
ISBN-13: 9780064407472
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2006
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 35635 / Dave at Night

Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Sasquatch Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/04/2006 pg. 70
Kliatt 11/01/2006 pg. 20