- Orphans, Fiction, Jews, United States
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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Gail Carson Levine
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 281
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc, Listening Library (Audio), Scholastic
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780786229727
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Gail Carson Levine (born September 17, 1947) is an American author of young adult books. Her second novel, Ella Enchanted, received a Newbery Honor in 1998.
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