Ashley Hope Pérez
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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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.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Pubns
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
“Another day finished,gracias a Dios.” Seventeen-year-old Marisa’s mother has been saying this for as long as Marisa can remember. Her parents came to Houston from Mexico. They work hard, and they expect Marisa to help her familia. An ordinary life—marrying a neighborhood guy, working, having babies—ought to be good enough for her. Marisa hears something else from her calc teacher. She should study harder, ace the AP test, and get into...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Set against the back drop of one of the worst school tragedies in American history, Out of Darkness is a brutal and gripping novel about race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.