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  • Smoky Night

Smoky Night

Author
Illustrator
David Diaz
Publication Date
April 01, 1999
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Content Tags
Gore & Violence
Smoky Night

Description
Daniel and his mother look out their window at the smoky night below. There are looters on the street, fires in the distance. Daniel clutches his cat, Jasmine. But later, when they're forced to leave their apartment building, Jasmine can't be found.Mrs. Kim's cat is missing, too. Where are they? They can't be with each other. Those cats don't get along... "Smoky Night" is a story about cats - and people - who couldn't get along until a night of rioting brings them together.
Publication date
April 01, 1999
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780152018849
Lexile Measure
530
Publisher
Clarion Books
BISAC categories
JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV023000 - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life
JUV039180 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
Library of Congress categories
Riots
California
Los Angeles
Interpersonal relations
Neighborliness

Publishers Weekly

In a starred review of this 1995 Caldecott winner, PW praised the "thought-provoking" and "thoroughly believable" text, about urban violence, and the "dazzling" mixed-media collages. Ages 3-8. (Apr.)
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