{"product_id":"out-of-darkness-isbn-9780823445035","title":"Out of Darkness","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dangerous forbidden romance rocks a Texan oil town in 1937, when segregation was a matter of life and death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Top Ten Most Challenged Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?\"\u003c\/i\u003e New London, TX. 1937. Naomi Vargas is Mexican American. Wash Fuller is Black. These teens know the town's divisive racism better than anyone. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaomi and Wash dare to defy the rules, and the New London school explosion serves as a ticking time bomb in the background. Can their love survive both prejudice and tragedy? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRace, romance, and family converge in this riveting novel that transplants \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Printz Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 50 Best YA Books of All Time Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\"[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.\"―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ★ \"A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003eStarred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Elegant prose and gently escalating action will leave readers gasping for breath at the tragic climax and moving conclusion.\"―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"This book presents a range of human nature, from kindness and love to acts of racial and sexual violence. The work resonates with fear, hope, love, and the importance of memory. . . . Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, Pérez's young adult novel gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. history.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"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. Absolutely stunning.\"—\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Wein, author of \u003c\/i\u003eCode Name Verity\u003ci\u003e and Michael L. Printz Award Honoree\u003c\/i\u003eAshley Hope Pérez grew up in Texas and is the author of three award-winning novels for young adults. \u003ci\u003eOut of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003ereceived 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.","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300790784229,"sku":"NP9780823445035","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780823445035.jpg?v=1767734356","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/out-of-darkness-isbn-9780823445035","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}