Out of darkness
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
402 pages ; 21 cm
Production / Publication Information
New York : Holiday House, [2019]
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 town. Includes a fascinating author's note detailing the process of research and writing about voices that have largely been excluded from historical accounts. On 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.
Call Number
BANNED BOOKS WEEK
Publication Date
2019, 2015
Language
English
ISBN
9780823445035
Out of darkness
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Production / Publication Information
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Lab, [2015]
Summary
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.
Call Number
TEEN FICTION PÉREZ
Publication Date
2015
Language
English
ISBN
9781467742023
Out of darkness
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
10 audio discs (12 hr., 32 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Listening Library, [2016]
Summary
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.
Call Number
Y BCD PER
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780735289475
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