Dave at Night (21 page)

About the Author

GAIL CARSON LEVINE
grew up in New York City and has been writing all her life.
ELLA ENCHANTED
, a Newbery Honor Book, was her first book for children and has been made into a major motion picture. Levine's other books include
DAVE AT NIGHT
, an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults,
THE WISH, THE TWO PRINCESSES OF BAMARRE
, and the six Princess Tales books. She is also the author of the nonfiction book
WRITING MAGIC
:
Creating Stories That Fly
and the picture book
BETSY WHO CRIED WOLF
, illustrated by Scott Nash. Gail, her husband, David, and their Airedale, Baxter, live in a two-hundred-year-old farmhouse in the Hudson River Valley of New York State. You can visit her online at www.gailcarsonlevinebooks.com.

 

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Also by Gail Carson Levine

Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It

Ella Enchanted

Ever

Fairest

A Tale of Two Castles

The Two Princesses of Bamarre

The Wish

 

THE PRINCESS TALES

The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales (Collection)

The Fairy's Mistake

The Princess Test

Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep

Cinderellis and the Glass Hill

For Biddle's Sake

The Fairy's Return

 

Betsy Red Hoodie

Betsy Who Cried Wolf

 

Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly

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Credits

Cover art © 2006 by Patrick Faricy

Cover design by R. Hult

Copyright

“The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes
from
Collected Poems
by Langston Hughes.

Copyright © 1994 by the Estate of Langston Hughes.

Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf Inc.

 

Dave at Night

Copyright © 1999 by Gail Carson Levine

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Levine, Gail Carson.

    Dave at night / Gail Carson Levine.

        p.        cm.

Summary: When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.

ISBN-10: 0-06-440747-0 (pbk.) — ISBN-13: 978-0-06-440747-2 (pbk.)

EPUB Edition MAY 2013 ISBN 9780062253569

[1. Orphans—Fiction.    2. Jews—New York (N.Y.)—Fiction.    3. Harlem Renaissance—Fiction.    4. Afro-Americans—Fiction.    5. New York (N.Y.)—Fiction.]    I. Title.

PZ7.L578345Dav    1999

98-50069

[Fic]—dc21

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