Darkness Before Dawn, 3 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689830808)

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?

Author: Sharon M. Draper
ISBN-10: 0689830807
ISBN-13: 9780689830808
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2001
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.82w x 0.93d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 48136 / Darkness Before Dawn

Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended

Review Citation(s):
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

About the Author
Sharon M. Draper is a three-time New York Times bestselling author and a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. She has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire, and was awarded the Charlotte Huck Award for Stella by Starlight. Her novel Out of My Mind has won multiple awards and was a New York Times bestseller for over three years, and Blended has also been a New York Times bestseller. She lives in Florida, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.