Keeping the night watch /
Hope Anita Smith ; with illustrations by E.B. Lewis.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Henry Holt, 2008.
- 73 p. : col. ill ; 27 cm.
School Library Journal starred. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Booklist starred, March 2008. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Library Media Connection starred, August 2008. School Library Journal starred, June 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2008. Wilson's Children, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008.
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.