Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez
Taste attributes: teenhistoricaldramaromancefastheavyrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecoming of age
Boxlist takeA small-scale book that is heavy and moving. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.8 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Ashley Hope Pérez
- Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 405
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- Open Library
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