Dreamland Burning

By Jennifer Latham

A skeleton unearths secrets of a century-old racial conflict, challenging two teens across time.

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400 pages· 79,594 words· Est. 7.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Rowan Chase stumbles upon a skeleton on her family's land, unraveling a century-old murder mystery that echoes into her present. Meanwhile, in 1921, Will Tillman faces a racial inferno in Tulsa, confronting his own prejudices and the violent segregation of his time. As their stories intertwine, both teens must navigate a landscape of racial tension and personal discovery. Can Rowan uncover the truth without losing herself? Will Will find redemption amidst chaos? This gripping narrative explores the enduring complexities of race relations, bridging past and present in a powerful tale of justice and identity.

From the publisher

A compelling dual-narrated novel that asks, how far have we really come with race relations in the last 100 years? Now in paperback. 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 past… and the present. Nearly 100 years earlier, a misguided violent encounter propels seventeen-year-old Will Tillman into a racial firestorm. In a country rife with violence against African Americans and a hometown segregated by Jim Crow, Will must make hard choices and face his inner demons in order to do what’s right the night Tulsa burns. Through intricately interwoven alternating perspectives, this “unflinching, superbly written story” (Kirkus) brings the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 to blazing life, raising important questions about the complex state of U.S. race relations.

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