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Out of Darkness (novel)Out of Darkness is a 2015 historical young adult novel by Ashley Hope Pérez. The novel chronicles a love affair between a teenage Mexican American girl and a teenage African-American boy in 1930s New London, Texas, occurring right up to the 1937 New London School explosion.

Juan Castillo of NBC News wrote that Out of Darkness "stares unflinchingly at racism, classism, segregation and the people who live on the margins of society."

The book was released on September 1, 2015.

Plot
The novel begins with the school explosion and then recounts prior events, beginning in September 1936. 17-year old Naomi Vargas, a high school senior who originates from San Antonio, moves in with her oil field worker stepfather. She becomes friends and falls in love with Wash Fuller, an African-American boy. Naomi deals with overt racism in New London and her history with her father. After the explosion occurs, the townspeople blame Wash for the disaster.

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