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The way a door closes

Title
The way a door closes / Hope Anita Smith ; with illustrations by Shane W. Evans.
Author
Smith, Hope Anita
Publication
  • New York : Square Fish, 2011.
  • ©2003

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Additional Authors
Evans, Shane
Description
52 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
A collection of poems focuses on thirteen-year-old C.J.'s struggle to cope with his father's disappearance.
Subject
  • Fathers and sons > Juvenile poetry
  • Fatherless families > Juvenile poetry
  • Paternal deprivation > Juvenile poetry
  • African American teenagers > Juvenile poetry
  • Children's poetry, American > African American women authors
  • Children's poetry, American
  • Fatherless families
  • Fathers and sons
  • Paternal deprivation
Genre/Form
  • Juvenile works.
  • Poetry.
Note
  • Originally published: New York : H. Holt, 2003.
Audience (note)
  • Lexile: NP.
Awards (note)
  • Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner, 2004.
Contents
Golden -- Legacy -- History lessons -- Interrogator Momma -- The whole world in his hands -- Twice blessed -- Audition -- Diamond in the rough -- Close your eyes -- Good white things -- The dance -- Job hunt -- The way a door closes -- Geography lesson -- Not today -- And one to grow on -- The pull of the moon -- Photo op -- Little man -- The power of one -- Going, going, gone -- Grandmomma's China bowl -- Telling tales -- Tell me something I don't know -- Dream -- When a daddy goes -- Family fire -- Schoolyard sermon -- Winter words -- History repeating (almost) -- Temp job -- Forgetfulness -- Prodigal son -- Astronomy.
Call Number
Sc F 20-21
ISBN
  • 9780312661694
  • 031266169X
OCLC
650212993
Author
Smith, Hope Anita, author.
Title
The way a door closes / Hope Anita Smith ; with illustrations by Shane W. Evans.
Publisher
New York : Square Fish, 2011.
Copyright Date
©2003
Edition
1st Square Fish edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Audience
Lexile: NP.
Study Program
Accelerated Reader 4.0.
Reading Counts! 4.0.
Awards
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner, 2004.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Evans, Shane, illustrator.
Research Call Number
Sc F 20-21
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