PeÌrez, Ashley Hope.

Out of darkness / by Ashley Hope PeÌrez. - 402 pages ; 24 cm

Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.

Printz Honor, 2016.

9781467742023 (trade hard cover : alk. paper) 9781467776769 (EB ePub) 9781467776776 (EB mobi) 978146777678-3 (EB ePub) 9781467761796 (EB pdf)

2014023837


Explosions--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.


New London (Tex.)--History--20th century--Fiction.


Multicultural literature.
Young adult literature.

PZ7.P4255 / Ou 2015

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