Out of Darkness
Author: Perez, Ashley Hope
ISBN: 9781467742023
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 408
Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x
Format: Hardback
Description:
A love story told against the backdrop of a little-known American tragedy with a diverse cast of characters.
Out of Darkness is a work of historical young adult fiction, loosely based on an actual school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937. Ashley Hope Perez has taken the explosion as her backdrop and imagined a diverse cast of characters whose broken lives are utterly captivating and tragically entangled with the school and the explosion. The central story is that of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black. It's a gripping novel about race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
ISBN: 9781467742023
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 408
Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x
Format: Hardback
Description:
A love story told against the backdrop of a little-known American tragedy with a diverse cast of characters.
Out of Darkness is a work of historical young adult fiction, loosely based on an actual school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937. Ashley Hope Perez has taken the explosion as her backdrop and imagined a diverse cast of characters whose broken lives are utterly captivating and tragically entangled with the school and the explosion. The central story is that of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black. It's a gripping novel about race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
