Story for a Black Night
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 First edition | |
| Author | Clayton Bess |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Set in | Africa |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, Lookout Press |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 0618494839 |
| Website | http://webpages.csus.edu/~boblocke/bess/story.html |
Story for a Black Night (ISBN 0618494839) is a 1982 family drama novel by Robert Locke, under the pseudonym Clayton Bess,[1] set in Africa.[2] It won the 2002 Phoenix Award Honor Book award.[3][4]
Reception
The book was included in the University of Chicago's Center for Children's Books' volume "The Best in Children's Books: The University of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1979-1984", which called it "a stunning first novel", "taut and tender, deftly structured, vivid".[7]
There is also a link to the efforts of Rose-Marie Vassallo-Villaneau in her two translations into French. After the English version won the Phoenix Honor Award in 2002 for a book that has endured, she decided that she wanted to do a second translation, this time attempting her own French West African dialect.
Awards
- 1982 California Book Awards - (silver) First Novel
- “A Contribution of Cultural Significance” - the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People
- Family Circle - Best Book for Kids
- 2002 Phoenix Award Honor Book
