# Smoky Night

**Author:** Eve Bunting
**Grade range:** Grades 1–4
**Age range:** 6–9
**First published:** 1994
**Page count:** 36
**Genre:** Adventure
**ISBN-13:** `9780152699543`
**ISBN-10:** `0152699546`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/smoky-night
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.

## Themes

- riots
- interpersonal relations
- neighborliness
- human relations

## Where this book is assigned

### Caldecott Medal

- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1995 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1995 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1995 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1995 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)

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