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Out of Darkness
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  • Published: 26 April 2016
  • ISBN: 9780735289468
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Childrens
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

Out of Darkness

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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.
  • Published: 26 April 2016
  • ISBN: 9780735289468
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Childrens
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00
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Ashley Hope Pérez

Ashley Hope Pérez grew up in Texas and is the author of three award-winning novels for young adults. Out of Darkness received a Printz Honor and the Tomás Rivera Book Award. She is an assistant professor of world literatures at The Ohio State University and lives in Columbus with her two sons.
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Praise for Out of Darkness

Praise for OUT OF DARKNESS:

"Benita Robledo opens this stunning audiobook, her sorrowful, soulful narration depicting the haunting aftermath of the real-life 1937 New London School explosion in East Texas...Robledo narrates beautifully, capturing the family member's individual personalities...In contrast, Lincoln Hoppe is terrifying as narrator of the sections voiced by "the Gang," who represents the collective voice of the intolerant...His narration gives gravitas to this beautiful, heartbreaking story of a tumultuous time in our country's history."--Booklist, starred review (A 2016 Editors' Choice, Audio for Youth)

"[Pérez's] layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town is a pit-in-the-stomach family drama that goes down like it should, with pain and fascination, like a mix of sugary medicine and artisanal moonshine."--The New York Times

"...[R]esonates with fear, hope, love, and the importance of memory...Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, [Pérez]...gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. history."--School Library Journal, starred review

"...A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism."--Kirkus, starred review