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Title details for Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez - Available

Out of Darkness

by Ashley Hope Pérez
Benita Robledo
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"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.
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Publisher: Books on Tape Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9780735289482
  • File size: 361052 KB
  • Release date: April 26, 2016
  • Duration: 12:32:11

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Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:660
Text Difficulty:3

"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.
Expand title description text
Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature
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