{"product_id":"the-watch-that-ends-the-night-isbn-9780763663315","title":"The Watch That Ends the Night","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A lyrical, monumental work of fact and imagination.\" — \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArrogance and innocence, hubris and hope — twenty-four haunting voices of the Titanic tragedy, as well as the iceberg itself, are evoked in a stunning tour de force. Slipping in telegraphs, undertaker’s reports, and other records, poet Allan Wolf offers a breathtaking, intimate glimpse at the lives behind the tragedy, told with clear-eyed compassion and astounding emotional power.A masterpiece. Wolf leaves no emotion  unplumbed, no area of research uninvestigated, and his voices are so  authentic they hurt. Everyone should read it.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWolf constructs a richly textured novel in verse that recreates the Titanic's  ill-fated journey, predominantly through the voices of her passengers... Wolf's carefully crafted characters evolve as the voyage slides to its icy  conclusion; readers may be surprised by the potency of the final impact.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-four voices-of passengers, rats and even the iceberg-evoke the human tragedy of the ill-fated voyage.  Wolf brings the history and, more importantly, the human scale of the event to life by giving voice to the players themselves . . . A lyrical, monumental work of fact and imagination that reads like an oral history revved up by the drama of the event.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWolf's novel in verse gives voice, through first-person accounts, to a cross section of passengers and crew on the Titanic: how they boarded, why they're there, and how they face the disaster. . . . The themes of natural disaster, technology, social class, survival, and death all play out here.\u003cbr\u003e—The Horn Book (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWolf allows readers to experience the tragedy  from all decks.\u003cbr\u003e—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a well-detailed and historically accurate portrayal of the events and brings the feelings and emotions of the characters alive.\u003cbr\u003e—Library Media Connection (highly recommended)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving... From their embarkation on the \"great floating city . . . with its cargo of human hearts,\" the characters take turns relating their stories even as disaster engulfs them.\u003cbr\u003e—The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe resulting record of the brief voyage gives readers an emotional punch. The  strength of the effect is astonishing given that the ship sank nearly one  hundred years ago and has been the stuff of legend ever since... Very enthusiastically recommended.\u003cbr\u003e—Children's Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExhaustively researched, \u003ci\u003eThe Watch That Ends the Night \u003c\/i\u003evividly limns the naivete, the disbelief, and finally the hopelessness of the ship’s crew and passengers.\u003cbr\u003e—Poetry Foundation (book of the month)\u003cb\u003eAllan Wolf\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books for young people, including the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Watch that Ends the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of the 50 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time by \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e; the novel \u003ci\u003eJunius Leak and the Spiraling Vortex of Doom;\u003c\/i\u003e the nonfiction graphic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing of Lake Peigneur\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Jose Pimienta; and the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of the Broken Teacup\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Jade Orlando. His books celebrate his love of research, history, science, and poetry. He is a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize finalist, a two-time winner of the North Carolina Young Adult Book Award, and a recipient of the Bank Street College Claudia Lewis Award. Allan Wolf lives in Roanoke, Virginia, with his wife, his sister, and a dog named Mo. Learn more at \u003cu\u003ewww.allanwolf.com\u003c\/u\u003e.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305399439589,"sku":"NP9780763663315","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763663315.jpg?v=1767742137","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-watch-that-ends-the-night-isbn-9780763663315","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}