Out 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.
- ISBN10 1467742023
- ISBN13 9781467742023
- Publish Date 1 September 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
- Imprint Carolrhoda Lab
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 408
- Language English