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Author	Pérez, Ashley Hope.
Title	Out of darkness / Ashley Hope Pérez.
Publication Info.	Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Lab, [2015]

Location	Call No.	Status
Little Whit Young Adult	YA-HS P	IN LIBRARY

Description	402 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Awards	Michael L. Printz Honor, 2016
Subject	New London (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
	Explosions -- Juvenile fiction.
	Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
	Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
	African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
	Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre or Form	Young adult fiction.
	Fiction.
	History.
	Juvenile works.
	Young adult works.
ISBN	9781467742023 trade hard cover alkaline paper
	1467742023 trade hard cover alkaline paper
	9781467761796 EB pdf

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