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Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Out of Darkness about?
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book"This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive.Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion—the worst school disaster in American history—as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people. "[This] layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town is a pit-in-the-stomach family drama that goes down like it should, with pain and fascination, like a mix of sugary medicine and artisanal moonshine."—The New York Times Book...
Who reads Out of Darkness?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ashley Hope Pérez
- Publisher
- Lerner Publishing Group
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780605938953
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Children'S, Young Adult