000			01021nam a22001697a 4500
005			20240305124430.0
020			_a9781467742023
040			_cGESM
100	1		_aPérez, Ashley Hope
240	0	0	_aOut of darkness
245	0	0	_aOut of darkness _cAshley Hope Pérez
260			_aMinneapolis _bLerner Publishing Group _c2015
300			_a402 p.
520			_aOut 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. Author Biography.
653			_aAfrican Americans -- Fiction _aExplosions -- Fiction _aMexican Americans -- Fiction
942			_cBK
999			_c3170 _d3170