Hope shines in the face of fear in this conclusion to Sharon M. Draper's award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy. In her senior year, things are finally looking a little brighter for Keisha. Still haunted by the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, Andy, she finds comfort in the attentions of the new track coach, twenty-three-year-old Jonathan Hathaway, the principal's son. How can Keisha not be swept off her feet by a tall, dark, handsome "lemon drop wrapped in licorice" who treats her like a woman, not a girl?
But suddenly this intoxicating relationship takes a frightening turn, and Keisha is once again plunged into the darkness she's fought so hard to escape. Will Keisha ever be able to find her way back into the light?
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/01/2001
ISBN: 9780689830808
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.82w x 0.93d
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2000 pg. 1680
Publishers Weekly 01/08/2001 pg. 69
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 939
School Library Journal 02/01/2001 pg. 117
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 321 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed
ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 03/15/2002 pg. 1240
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 321 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 48136 / Darkness Before Dawn
Reading Level: 4.8 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 8
