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Darkness Before Dawn Hardcover - 2001 - 1st Edition
by Sharon M. Draper
In this final book of Draper's "Hazelwood High" trilogy, Keisha is still recovering from the suicide of her ex-boyfriend and seeks comfort in her friends. When the new track coach sweeps Keisha into an adult world, and attempts to rape her after a dinner at his apartment, Keisha struggles to put her world back into perspective, and realizes the power of friendships.
Summary
He's a "lemon drop wrapped in licorice": tall, dark, handsome, and as smooth as his silk shirts and leather jacket. He can discuss everything from art to world events, he's traveled the world, and he owns a Jeep, a condo, and a jazz CD collection. But best of all, twenty-three-year-old Jonathan Hathaway, the new track coach and the principal's son, has his golden eyes set on Keisha Montgomery.
In her senior year of high school, still recovering from the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, Keisha's thrilled to have someone treat her like a woman rather than a girl. As Jonathan tells her, she's a butterfly ready to try her wings -- much too mature for high school boys, whose only deep thoughts are words from rap songs. Jonathan makes her feel alive again; he seems like the answer to all her dreams and the cure to all her nightmares.
Gifts wrapped with silver ribbons begin to mysteriously appear on her doorstep, and Keisha is swept off her feet. But events take a terrifying turn, and suddenly darkness overwhelms her life.... As Keisha struggles to put her world back in perspective, she learns the power and the danger of silence, and discovers the secret gifts that had been waiting for her all along.
In her senior year of high school, still recovering from the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, Keisha's thrilled to have someone treat her like a woman rather than a girl. As Jonathan tells her, she's a butterfly ready to try her wings -- much too mature for high school boys, whose only deep thoughts are words from rap songs. Jonathan makes her feel alive again; he seems like the answer to all her dreams and the cure to all her nightmares.
Gifts wrapped with silver ribbons begin to mysteriously appear on her doorstep, and Keisha is swept off her feet. But events take a terrifying turn, and suddenly darkness overwhelms her life.... As Keisha struggles to put her world back in perspective, she learns the power and the danger of silence, and discovers the secret gifts that had been waiting for her all along.
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- Title Darkness Before Dawn
- Author Sharon M. Draper
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York
- Date 2001-02-01
- ISBN 9780689830808 / 0689830807
- Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.28 x 5.82 x 0.93 in (21.03 x 14.78 x 2.36 cm)
- Ages 14 to 17 years
- Grade levels 9 - 12
- Reading level 670
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects Schools, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99058860
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
âÈêMoving and triumphant.âÈë
Citations
- ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's, 03/15/2002, Page 1240
- Booklist, 01/01/2001, Page 939
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2001, Page 321
- Kirkus Review - Children, 12/01/2000, Page 1680
- Publishers Weekly, 01/08/2001, Page 69
- School Library Journal, 02/01/2001, Page 117
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