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Listening for the Crack of Dawn

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Winner of the Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice AwardThe hills and hamlets of western North Carolina in the 1950's provide the setting for this nostalgic tour de force by Donald Davis, who has appeared in live performance at the World's Fair, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Storytelling Festival, and on National Public Radio. He relates his youth in a cycle of growing-up stories, beginning before he enters school and culminating with the loss of friends to the Vietnam War. The characters are memorable: Miss Daisy—one of the six Boring sisters, teachers every one; Daff-Knee Garlic, owner of the Sulpher Springs Big-Screen Drive-In Theater; and Aunt Laura, who knows to listen for the crack of dawn. Developed in oral performance, Davis's stories resonate in the experiences of his listeners and readers. These stories will teach readers the importance of caring, fairness and respect.

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ISBN: 9780874836059
Publication date: 15th December 2005
Author: Donald Davis
Publisher: August House
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 220 pages
Genres: Short Stories
Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and growing up / coming of age
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction