{"id":38084,"date":"2022-07-23T21:27:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T01:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38084"},"modified":"2022-07-23T21:32:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T01:32:26","slug":"review-of-fight-the-night-by-tomie-depaola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38084","title":{"rendered":"Review of Fight the Night, by Tomie dePaola"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Fight the Night<\/em><\/p>\n

by Tomie dePaola<\/p>\n

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020. First published in 1968.
\nReview written July 25, 2020, from a library book
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

This book is a reprint of a Tomie dePaola classic I hadn\u2019t been familiar with, but reading it, I\u2019m quite taken with it.<\/p>\n

The story is simple. A little boy doesn\u2019t want to go to bed. What\u2019s interesting is that he decides to Fight the Night.<\/p>\n

He fights the Night with his flashlight. First, he encounters some different things, such as his cat.<\/p>\n

After those things, though, in the dark, the Night whispers to him. It\u2019s deliciously spooky.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s fight,\u201d said Ronald, and he began to swing his flashlight around.
\n\u201cYou will never catch me,\u201d said the Night.<\/p>\n

Ronald heard a squeaking noise.
\n\u201cI\u2019ll get you, Night,\u201d said Ronald, and he swung his flashlight.
\n\u201cYou missed,\u201d said the Night.<\/p>\n

Ronald ran after the voice. Something tripped him. He swung his flashlight.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s not me. You cannot catch me. I am the Night.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The battle goes on. Ronald thinks he has won. He has chased the night away! But oh, how tired his eyes look in that picture!<\/p>\n

And indeed the Night gets the last laugh, in a perfectly satisfying ending.<\/p>\n

Normally I wouldn\u2019t think a book where a kid actually stays up all night would be one I\u2019d want to let children see. But I think they will see who ultimately wins. Perhaps this will succeed as a cautionary tale that it\u2019s futile to fight the Night.<\/p>\n

Either way, reading this as a parent, I was smiling all the way through. Nice try, kid!<\/p>\n

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