Darkness Before Dawn, Sharon M. Draper
Darkness Before Dawn, Sharon M. Draper
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Darkness Before Dawn

Author: Sharon M. Draper

Series: Hazelwood High

Narrator: Sisi Aisha Johnson

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/22/2008


Synopsis

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? ILA/CBC Children's Choices • ALA Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers • Buckeye Teen Book Award (OH) • ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award

About Sharon M. Draper

Sharon M. Draper is the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Blended, and Out of My Heart. She’s won Coretta Scott King Awards for Copper Sun and Forged by Fire and multiple honors. She’s also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Sharon taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. She lives in Florida. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on August 27, 2012

A girl named Keisha is on the track team, and her new coach is a young twenty three year old man named John Hathaway who is the principal's son. This was after the death of Keisha's ex-boyfriend. Keisha is attracted to John because of how he makes her feel, he makes her feel like an adult and not......more

Goodreads review by Emily on May 04, 2023

i really liked the book and how i could easily imagine how the characters looked, sounded, and where they were. i also knew that near the end johnathan was going to do something bad because it was already creepy to me that he was the coach and wouldn't leave keisha alone. i honestly have no idea why......more

Goodreads review by Debi on April 03, 2017

This book is one of the book that takes place in hazelwood high #3. The antagonist of this book keisha. she used to be andy's girl friend on hazelwood #1. she was so angry after his death.......more

Goodreads review by Karissa on March 27, 2012

This book is a really great teenage book. It follows after the book Tears of a Tiger, but the main character is now Keisha Montgomery. This book follows her life and her new situations. In Tears of a Tiger, her boyfriend Andy kills himself after drunk driving and killing his bestfriend. In this book......more

Goodreads review by Jeannie on November 03, 2020

It is Keisha's senior year and she is still recovering from the suicide of her boyfriend, Andy, last spring. (See Tears of a Tiger, Hazelwood High , #1). The new track coach is so different from the boys she knows. He's a twenty-three-year-old man who has seen the world. When he take an interest in......more