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Article: Levine, Gail Carson. Dave at night.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
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- November 1, 2006
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LEVINE, Gail Carson. Dave at night. Harper-Trophy. 281p. c1999. 0-06-440747-0. $6.99. J*
To quote the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, January 2001: After the funeral of Dave's adored father, his stepmother announces that she can't keep 11-year-old Dave or his brother Gideon. One of their uncles volunteers to take the calmer Gideon, but nobody can take Dave. It's New York City during the Depression and folks are barely getting by. That's how the irrepressible Dave ends up at the HHB (Hopeless House of Beggars, Hell Hole for Brats, or Hebrew Home for Boys). The man who runs the orphanage is cruel and Dave is determined to run away after he recovers the one ...