Dreamland Burning
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780316384933
Pages
384 pages
Genre
historical; realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Rowan finds a skeleton on her family's property, investigating the brutal, century-old murder leads to painful discoveries about the past. Alternating chapters tell the story of William, another teen grappling with the racial firestorm leading up to the 1921 Tulsa race riot, providing some clues to the mystery.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
890L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Biracial; Race discrimination; Asexuality/Aromantic; biracial teenager; racism; asexual; asexual teenager
Main Character
female teenager; male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
African American / White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
asexual male
Awards
Amazon Editors' Picks: Best Books of the Year, 2017 Young Adult
Best Books for Teens, 2017
Best of the Best Books, 2017 Teen Fiction
Booklist Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2018
Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth, 2017 Crime Fiction
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2016
Notable Books for a Global Society, 2018
Cybils Awards, 2017, Nominee, Young Adult Fiction
Keywords
Tulsa; 1921; Tulsa Race Riot; skeleton; murder; Jim Crow; murder mystery
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Latham, Jennifer, "Dreamland Burning" (2017). Diverse Families. 1397.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1397