Bibliograph

Out of darkness, Ashley Hope Pérez

Type

Label

Out of darkness, Ashley Hope Pérez

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Out of darkness

Oclc number

1334737981

Responsibility statement

Ashley Hope Pérez

Summary

It's 1937. Naomi Vargas is Mexican American. Wash Fuller is Black. These teens know the town's divisive racism-- and the potential consequences of defying "the rules"-- better than anyone. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. Can their love survive both prejudice and tragedy? Race, romance, family-- and the real-life New London school explosion-- converge in this riveting novel that transplants Romeo and Juliet to a bitterly segregated Texas townIncludes a fascinating author's note detailing the process of research and writing about voices that have largely been excluded from historical accountsOn March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak caused an explosion and destroyed the combined junior-senior high school in the small East Texas town of New London, killing approximately 294 students and teachers

Target audience

adolescent

Creator