Dreamland Burning

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.

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400 pages

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Carol.Ann
Nov 16, 2023
8/10 stars
The audiobook, narrated by Luke Slattery and Pyeng Threadgill, was fantastic. Given that this is a YA novel, I worried that the story may not be complex enough or that the characters might not be developed enough for my liking. I need not have worried - Jennifer Latham delivered! This is a captivating story filled with smart characters, surprising twists, and a much needed history lesson.

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