![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The last section of the novel is a downhill skid into a nightmare that is inescapable, heartbreaking, and powerful. It is by turns hopeful, horrifying, passionate, tragic, and unflinching. Out of Darkness reveals itself, page by page, to be deeply committed to exposing the reality of life in East Texas in 1937. The more I read, the deeper I fell into the story that Pérez was telling, and the more certain I was that this novel deserves every accolade it has received. This was not the case with Out of Darkness. Sometimes I read critically acclaimed books and wind up wondering if I missed something because I don’t understand why they were so highly praised. It garnered several starred reviews, praise in the The New York Times Book Review, and was awarded a Printz Honor. Recently I read Ashley Hope Pérez’s gut-wrenching historical novel, Out of Darkness, which was one of the most critically acclaimed YA novels to be released last year. ![]()
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