Night job karen hesse5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Brian Karas’s art perfectly matches Hesse’s observant tone. ![]() Even the taste of a well-earned, late-night sandwich is amplified. Exceptionally poetic, Hesse’s imaginative language lends a slightly surreal and dreamlike feeling to this nighttime adventure. Multiple award-winner Hesse narrates in first person with an ear for childhood wonder and honesty, as the boy observes everything from the fishy smell coming from the bay to his father’s heft of custodial keys. While the duo cleans, they squeeze in moments of levity as they work their way through the deserted school, turning a night’s work into time together. One young boy makes a lunch he and his father will share late in the night, as he prepares to join his father at his night custodial job. Illuminating the world of those whose day begins when most of us are tucked into bed, Night Job by Karen Hesse is a sweet story about hard work and devotion. ![]()
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