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Available
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Publication
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Lab, [2015]
Description
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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Awards
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2017)
Cardinal Cup (Honor — 2016)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2018)
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award (Finalist — 2016)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — High School — 2018)
Printz Award (Honor — 2016)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2019)
Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Winner — 2016)
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award (Older Readers — 2016)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2016)
CCBC Choices (2016)
Tayshas High School Reading List (Top Ten — 2016)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction — 2015)
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Original publication date
2015
ISBN
9781467742023