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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780064407472
ISBN number: 0064407470
Label: HarperTrophy
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: March 01, 2001
Publishing house: HarperTrophy
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: February 20, 2001
Sale Popularity Level: 320845
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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.
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'Gideon the Genius' and 'Dave the Daredevil,' their father called them: two Jewish boys growing up in 1920s New York, playing stickball and--in Dave's case--getting into trouble. But when their father dies, Dave finds himself separated from his older brother and thrust into the cold halls of the HHB, the Hebrew Home for Boys (which he later dubs the 'Hopeless House of Beggars' and the 'Hell Hole for Brats,' among other things).
Eager to escape the strict rules, constant bullying, and tasteless gruel of the orphanage, the Daredevil hops the wall one night to explore the streets of Harlem. He hears what he thinks is someone--or something?--laughing, but traces the sound to a late-night trumpeter shuffling backward into a wild 'rent party.' And just as quickly as he'd found himself stuck in the HHB, Dave is immersed in yet another world--the swinging salons and speakeasies of the Harlem Renaissance. Cramped, crazy parties packed with the likes of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen give Dave refuge from life at the orphanage and awaken his artistic bent. And Dave's new friends, among them a grandfatherly 'gonif' ('somebody who fools people out of their money') and a young 'colored' heiress who takes a shine to him, help turn things around for him at the HHB.
The skilled Gail Carson Levine, Newbery Medal-winning author of Ella Enchanted, clearly tells this tale from her heart, as the story is based on her own father's childhood spent in the real-life HOA (Hebrew Orphan Asylum). (Ages 8 to 12) --Paul Hughes
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I read this book a long time ago when I was in 4th grade, it was wonderful. I still remember it today. The characters from the Hebrew Home for Boys were wonderful from alfie the kid with allergies to the big bully! The stary line is also great making you want to cry at sometimes and laugh at others. This book will have you or your child turning the ppages faster and faster each time. Even though this book has the classic plot of orphanege it provides much much more than that! So if you are going to pick a great book for your kids to read pick this one! THEY WILL LOVE IT!
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Dave Caros is a Jewish boy who lives in New York City in the 1920's. His family are working class and poor. He is eleven, a high-spirited boy and often in trouble. One day Dave comes home from school to find his father dead and the place full of mourners. Ida, Dave's stepmother, cannot afford to look after him and his brother Gideon. Gideon is lucky enough to be taken by his Uncle Jack, but Dave must be 'given up' to an orphanage. The Hebrew Home for Boys, located in Harlem, is a place cut off from the outside world and full of secrets: some good and some bad. But Dave is determined to get out and he does at night, entering into a surprising world of charlatans and the talented and rich.
This is a 'historical novel' which describes much of how people lived at the turn of the twentieth century. Things were definitely different to the twenty very first century, and many items taken for granted now, such as cars, were a great novelty then. This book, though, is full of adventure and is not a boring history lesson.
At a deeper level this is a book about individuality, pluckiness and not giving up in the face of difficulty. It is also about the value of friendship and how this important asset can be found in unexpected ways. Freindship across racial boundaries is especially emphasized.
This book would suit children of eleven years and up. At almost three hundred pages, though, it is a long read and better suited to advanced readers.
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Dave is eleven when his father dies, leaving him with his brother and their stepmother. Their stepmother insists she can't handle raising the boys, so their uncle agrees to take Dave's quiet and smart older brother. Nobody steps forward to take Dave, though, so he is sent to live at the Hebrew Home for Boys, an orphanage.
Dave is devastated about being in the home, and things don't go smoothly for him there. A bully sits subsequent to him at meals and eats half of his food. Instead of teaching, his teacher simply lectures about what a chore it is to try to teach orphans. And the headmaster of the school steals a carving done by Dave's father and then beats Dave when confronted about it.
One night shortly after arriving, Dave leaves the home after lights-out and explores the city. He stumbles upon an amazing party where he meets Solly, a strange fortune-telling man who tells everyone Dave is his grandson. Dave also meets Irma Lee, a beautiful grey girl about his age. She seems as enthralled by him as he is by her.
As the weeks pass, Dave comes up with a plan to run away from the home. The only problem is that he is starting to like it there. He likes the boys his own age, who stick up for each other and are better than family. He likes his art teacher, who recognizes that he has real talent. And Dave even has a plan for taking care of the bullies at meals. Will he stay after all?
Solly's character was great; he had such interesting reactions to Dave and great interactions with the people at the parties. Dave's buddies at the home were also good characters. I liked that they were able to make a kind of new family and support system for themselves.
I don't know if it was realistic for whites and blacks during this time period to mix as easily as they did in this book. This story seemed to indicate that there was no animosity between the races and everyone would be accepted in Harlem. I found that hard to believe.
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This is one of my favorite books! I enjoyed it alot, to be compleetly honest with you at times it was a little boring but then the excitment would come and everything would show up.Like hey now that makes cense.This book is one that you can not belive that a story so big of greatness could be in a small book.Dave at night is not just a children's story it is for everyone.I got hurt when dave got hurt, when Dave cried i cried inside, when he fights i feel like punching the one he is fighting.Oh yes you are more into this book than tv shows that are just so good get you into their story.You are,almost Dave in Dave at night you are like his soul.This is an incredible story.
DAVE AT NIGHT
I am if woundering not Melanie Litzinger i am Carly Litzinger age:11!
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This book is about an orphane named Dave. His father had fallen of a roof and died. When he came home from school he was in dinile. His step-mom Ida had every one come to their house after the funeral. Well while they were all there she desided that she could care for Dave and his brother. But no one wanted to take Dave because he was to loud. The boys' uncle took Daves brother with him when he left. So Ida Deicide that DAve was going to live in an orphange. Before his brother left he gave Dave a carving that their father had made. But when he got to the room and looked in his suitcase it wasn't there. Well it turns out that the owner of the HHB,the Hebrew Home for Boys, took the carving.
Thats when dave deiced that when he got the carving back he was going to leave. The very first night he was at the HHB he snuck out to a park and met Solly. They became friends and went to rent parties. So after the very first party Dave went back to the HHB. And every night after that he stuck out and met up with Solly and his "girlfriend" Irma Lee. But he still wanted to get the carving before he laft so he went back to there every night till he can get the statue. If I tell anymore I'm going to ruin it so You'll have to read it and find out.
This was an awesome book I thought. If you like it you wont be able to put it down till tour done.
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