{"product_id":"out-of-darkness-9781467742023","title":"Out of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Michael L. Printz Honor Book\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \"This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?\" \u003cp\u003eNew 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.\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\"[This] 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.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Pérez deftly weaves [an] unflinchingly intense narrative....A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism.\"―starred, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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...gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. history.\"―starred, \u003cem\u003e School Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePérez, Ashley Hope:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAshley Hope Pérez is the author of the YA novels \u003cem\u003eOut of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e (Carolrhoda Lab, 2015), \u003cem\u003eThe Knife and the Butterfly\u003c\/em\u003e (Carolrhoda Lab, 2012), and \u003cem\u003eWhat Can't Wait\u003c\/em\u003e (Carolrhoda Lab, 2011). Her debut novel \u003cem\u003eWhat Can't Wait\u003c\/em\u003e won a spot on the 2012 YALSA Best Fiction for YA list, and \u003cem\u003eThe Knife and the Butterfly \u003c\/em\u003ewas included in the 2015 YALSA Popular Paperbacks list. Ashley grew up in Texas and taught high school in Houston before pursuing a PhD in comparative literature. She is now a visiting assistant professor of comparative studies at The Ohio State University and spends most of her time reading, writing, and teaching on topics from global youth narratives to Latin American and Latina\/o fiction. She lives in Ohio with her husband, Arnulfo, and their son, Liam Miguel. Visit her online at http: \/\/www.ashleyperez.com\/.","brand":"Carolrhoda Lab (R)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50704930078994,"sku":"9781467742023","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8bf6074b-1133-4509-a018-d1bbbaa4232b.jpg?v=1734482886","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/out-of-darkness-9781467742023","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}