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Night job

What is it like to work at night, while the rest of the city is asleep? Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse's quietly powerful story of a boy and his father is tenderly brought to life by G. Brian Karas in this luminous tribute to an enduring, everyday sort of love.

Main Author: Hesse, Karen.
Other Authors: Karas, G. Brian (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Children of working parents > Juvenile nonfiction.
Work and family > Juvenile nonfiction.
Fathers > Juvenile nonfiction.
Night work > Juvenile nonfiction.
Summary: What is it like to work at night, while the rest of the city is asleep? Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse's quietly powerful story of a boy and his father is tenderly brought to life by G. Brian Karas in this luminous tribute to an enduring, everyday sort of love.
Physical Description: 1 volume unpaged : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN: 0763662380
9780763662387
Author Notes: Karen Hesse (born on August 29, 1952 Baltimore, Maryland) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults. She studied theatre at Towson State College, and finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland in English, Psychology, and Anthropology. In 1998 she won the Newbery Medal for her young adult novel, Out of the Dust.

Hesse lives in Vermont with her husband and two teen-aged daughters.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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