Dreamland Burning
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4.7 • 48 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A compelling dual-narrated tale from Jennifer Latham that questions how far we've come with race relations.
Some bodies won't stay buried.
Some stories need to be told.
When 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 past.
Nearly 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 burns.
Through 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.
Customer Reviews
Amazing
Amazing I loved this book so much. Jennifer Latham did amazing job. I never know anything like this happened at all. I read so much about what happened in Tulsa in 1921 and it just saddens me. While reading this book to get got a better understanding of what happened. And that racism still is going on now in 2018. I loved and enjoyed Rowan and William stories. At first I was like William is a you know what but he changed his heart and started caring about people. This book is set in 1921 in Tulsa Oklahoma. I felt like I was there. This book should be talked about more it’s about history that needs to be heard and talked about. You will not be disappointed if you pick up this book.