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Ashley Hope Pérez

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March 05

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Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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August 2008

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When I’m not reading, writing, or teaching, I hang out with my sons, Liam Miguel and Ethan Andrés. In the scraps of time that remain, I also like to run (I did the Houston Marathon in 2007 and the Chicago Marathon in 2009), bake (but let’s don’t revive the “Cookie Girl” nickname, please), watch movies, and collage.

My novels are WHAT CAN'T WAIT, THE KNIFE AND THE BUTTERFLY, and OUT OF DARKNESS, a 2016 Printz honor book and named one of BOOKLIST's "50 Best YA Books of All Time." THE NEW YORK TIMES called it a "layered tale of color lines, love and struggle." OUT OF DARKNESS has been banned and removed in many school districts as a result of coordinated attacks against youth access to diverse books. Find out more: https://linktr.ee/ashleyhope ...more

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Video Response: Talking Back to Angry Texas Mom Whose Tirade Got OUT OF DARKNESS Banned

I think I’ll just let the video speak for itself. Fed up with school book bans and school board meetings that look like day-time talk shows. Even more fed up with the resulting attacks on authors, librarians, and teachers. Beyond fed up with what all of this means for students.

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Average rating: 4.09 · 11,168 ratings · 2,232 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Out of Darkness 4.14 avg rating — 8,682 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America by Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Bowles (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Joseph Bruchac (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 938 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Can't Wait 3.83 avg rating — 675 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights by Ashley Hope Pérez (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Debbie Fong (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Elana K. Arnold (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Knife and the Butterfly 3.73 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acts of Resistance: Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts Classroom by Jeanne Dyches (editor), Brandon Sams (editor), Ashley S. Boyd (editor) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acts of Resistance: Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts Classroom by Ashley Hope Pérez (Goodreads Author) (foreword), Jeanne Dyches (Editor), Brandon Sams (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walk It Down 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deformative Fictions: Cruelty and Narrative Ethics in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In the shade, the air smelled of true autumn.”
― Ashley Hope Pérez, Out of Darkness

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“the dead are not always right. The dead are not saints. But the dead are ours. We carry them with us like it’s our job. And maybe it is.”
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“There are so many funerals that the pews in churches have no time to cool.”
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