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Keeping the night watch

by Hope Anita Smith

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A thirteen-year-old African American boy chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home and they all must deal with their feelings of anger, hope, abandonment, and fear.

African AmericansFamily lifeFathersFictionNovels in verseFamiliesJuvenile poetryNovel in verseReading Level-Grade 5Reading Level-Grade 4Reading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 6