Dave at Night
Author: Gail Carson Levine
If nobody wants him, that’s fine. He’ll just take care of himself.When his father dies, Dave knows nothing will ever be thesame. And then it happens. Dave lands in an orphanage — the cold and strict Hebrew Home for Boys in Harlem — far from the life he knew on the Lower East Side. But he’s not so worried. He knows he’ll be okay. He always is. If it doesn’t work out, he’l….Read More
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