Out of Darkness Social Science Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Studies Slavery History Modern - 18th Century and domestic terrorism and lynching

and domestic terrorism and lynching

and Kevin Costner

and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope

Faith Ringgold

Age Range:   High school - Adult

Out of Darkness Social Science Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Studies Slavery History Modern - 18th Century and domestic terrorism and lynchingOut 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