BOOK: Dave at night by Levine

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Levine, Gail Carson._Dave at night_,1999 [0-06-028153-7]
It is 1926 when the book opens with Dave's father dying from a
construction accident.  His stepmother can't afford to keep him so
she sends him to the Hebrew Home for Boys in Harlem.  It is a
harsh place but he makes friends with his "buddies" while planning
to escape after he gets his father's carving back from the mean
headmaster.  He sneaks out one night and meets a old Jewish
fortune teller.  This old man introduces Dave to the exciting Harlem
nightlife and the wonderful people.  He gets back before morning
and later succeeds in making several other exciting night journeys.
 In the end Dave runs away and must make a decision to go back
with the help of an influential person he has met, or run away
leaving behind the school and his beloved buddies.  This 281 page
books tells of friendship in the exciting times of the Harlem
Renaissance.  The reader gets to meet rich and influential artists,
musicians, and writers (both black and white.)  There is some
Yiddish dialect used with no glossary but most of it is handled well
contextually.

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