Keeper of the Night

Table of Contents

Title Page
A Dutiful Daughter
Tamuning
Rides to St. Cletus
Sh-sh
Evaporate
Monday’s List
Techa
Smart Boy
House of Plastic
Sneaky
Lunchtime at St. Cletus
A Meal of Words
Wanted: One Knock-Knock Joke
Magic Man
Dishes
Delia’s New Haircut
Sister Agnes and Sister Rachel
List Maker
My Mother’s Gifts
A Charitable Act
List of Confessions
Making Time
Things to Do That Might Help Us Return to Malesso
Teacher for the Day
Falling into Water
Phone Call
No Crying Over Spilled Milk
Return to Malesso
Malesso
Home
List for Vendors
A Place at the Table
My Room
First Night
First Morning List
First Morning Home
No-Legend Death
Cocos Island
Roman
Teresita
Lorenzo, King of the Cockfighters
The Fish Artist
The Way It Was Before
Second Night
Sleepy Days, Sleepless Night
Lost Birds
Golai HagunSune
Mary Kelly
Eyebrow talk
New Girl Day
An Admirer
Suruhana
Bingo and Cockfights
Not Now
Breakfast of Champions
When Frank Almost Downed
Where Was She?
The Dream
Robbed
Pictures
Chicken Noodle Soup
God’s Instrument
Playing Hooky
Another Visitor
Musical Chairs
Impostor
No-show
Olivia’s Crab
Don’t You Remember?
Ana, Who Likes Animal Crackers, Peanut Butter, and Comics
Taotaomo’na
Evening Watch
The Marks on Frank’s Wall
A Stranger in the House
Not a Rose
Is He the One?
Ana Cruz Gives Birth
Watch Me
Watching Olivia Dance Outside the Cafeteria
Closed Docs
A Different Hat
It’s a Girl
Parents Night
Full Moon
Legend of Santa Marian Kamalen
Nightly Ritual
Gone
The Christening of Carmella Iglesias Martina Cruz Flores
Auntie Bernadette’s Baby Fiesta
A Proposal
Happily Ever After
Collecting in the Jungle
Latte Stones
Mind Your Own Business
Shopping Day
Elvis Lives at the Hard Rock Cafe
Fiesta Queen
A Bridge of Words
The Blue Fabric
Model Mother
Searching for Frank
Inventory
Roman’s Tickets
The Blue Dress
The Boy Who Likens to Blend
My Essay
My Family’s Trip to Disneyland
Bet
An Unwelcome Visitor
Auntie Bernadette to the Rescue
This Week’s List for Vendors
Fittings
Ticket Sellers
Scars
Bikini Blues
Green-eyed Monster
Second Thoughts
List for Olivia
A Different Island
Bathing Suit Switch
A Thousand Miles Away
No Tom Cruise
The Power of Chocolate
Good-bye
Secrets
Breaking Up
Nice Girls
Swimming
Preparations
Sorry
Surprises
List for Fiesta Preparations
Morning of the Pageant
The Legend of Sirena
Someone Else
Primping
A Familiar Face
Queen
Queen’s Ball
Cha-cha
The Great Escape
Cockfight
Dance with Me
Food and Family
Fiesta
I Hat
Who Knew?
Time
Bleach
Clean State
Unraveling
The Morning After
My Fault
Back to School
Do Not Enter
Walk This Way
Introductions
Tick Tock
No Crayons
Sticks and Stones
Mistaken Identity
Show-and-tell
Confession
Talking
Steps
Consequences
Empty
Puppet Show
A Gentle Reminder
Monday, Q & A with Ed
Thief
No Punishment
Frank’s Hospital Room
First Visit
Missing One Ukulele
Exposed
Focal Point
Sleep
Expectations
Open
Sober
Say His Name
A True Love Story
Good
Growing
Matthew Kolby Johnson
List to Prepare for Diving Team Tryouts
Tryouts
Plunge
Repeat, Please
Boiling Water
A Chance
Fly
Growing Up
Golai Hagun Sune
The Gift
Author’s Note

Acknowledgments
Also by Kimberly Willis Holt
About the Author
GO FISH
Teaser chapter
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