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[2015]., Carolrhoda Lab Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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[2015], Adolescent, Carolrhoda Lab Call No: Historical Fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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[2015]., Carolrhoda LAB Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2015., Carolrhoda Lab Thumbnail cover image Sample Summary Note: "This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?"New London, Texas, 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive.Ashley Hope Perez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion; the worst school disaster in American history; as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people.
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-- What cannot wait2011., Adolescent, Carolrhoda Call No: Young adult FIC PEREZ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her home life becomes unbearable.
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-- What cannot wait[2011]., Adolescent, Carolrhoda Lab Call No: Young adult FIC PEREZ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her home life becomes unbearable.
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-- What cannot waitc2011., Carolrhoda LAB Call No: REALISTIC F PER PÉR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her home life becomes unbearable.
