Absolutely stunning.' - Elizabeth Wein, author of Code Name Verity and Michael L. 'The beauty of Perez's prose and her surefooted navigation through the dangerous landscape of the East Texas oil field in the late 1930s redeem the fact that anyone who dares read this agonizing star-crossed love story will end up in about six billion numb and tiny pieces.

A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism.' - Kirkus Reviews Against the backdrop of a horrific 1937 explosion in East Texas which killed nearly 300 schoolchildren and teachers, Ashley Hope Pérez’s latest novel, Out of Darkness, stares. Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, Pérez's young adult novel gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. Ashley Hope Prez, who grew up nearby, mined her grandmothers recollections, archives, and historical narratives to build a complex and memorable novel. Lerner Publishing Group stands with author Ashley Hope Prez and we support the right to read.

Although the book was published by Carolrhoda Lab in September 2015, it has just recently been banned by some school districts. But still, there is so much hate, physical abuse, mental abuse, sexual abuse, racism, death and grief in this novel, I just cannot see myself recommending it to friends, even to other adults. Ashley Hope Pérez: Young people have a right to stories that help them learn Out of Darkness is based on a true-events: In 1937, a natural gas explosion at a school in New London, Texas. Out of Darkness is a gripping novel about race, segregation, and love that has won numerous awards including a Printz Honor. I know that you must face awful things in order to change them. presumably to raise awareness of the kind of foul behavior detailed in the book. A dangerous forbidden romance rocks a Texan oil town in 1937, when segregation was a matter of life and death. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. 'The last sentence in this novel is a plea to remember the story and share it. Holiday House, Young Adult Fiction - 400 pages.

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