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Jennifer Latham (Author)
A compelling dual-narrated tale from Jennifer Latham that questions how far we’ve come with race relations.
Some bodies won’t stay stories need to be seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family’s property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the present and the one hundred years earlier, a misguided violent encounter propels seventeen-year-old Will Tillman into a racial firestorm. In a country rife with violence against blacks and a hometown segregated by Jim Crow, Will must make hard choices on a painful journey towards self discovery and face his inner demons in order to do what’s right the night Tulsa intricately interwoven alternating perspectives, Jennifer Latham’s lightning-paced page-turner brings the Tulsa race riot of 1921 to blazing life and raises important questions about the complex state of US race relations–both yesterday and today.
Author Biography
Jennifer Latham is an army brat with a soft spot for kids, books, and poorly behaved dogs. She’s the author of Scarlett Undercover and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with her husband and two daughters.
Number of Pages: 400Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 INPublication Date: February 20, 2018Accelerated Reader:Quiz Name: Dreamland BurningInterest Level: Upper Middle Grades, 6 and upReading Level: 5.9Point Value: 13
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