Out of Darkness

So incredibly brutal, with the slightest of hopes at the end. It's rare that I feel so gutsick in a YA book (In Darkness was the last I remember), but Perez's characters are so vivid and real and believable that when the horrifically true acts of history that the plot was churning towards finally happen, it's so hard to take. I was literally yelling “NO!” by the end of the audio book. Certainly worthy of its Printz Honor & Americas Award - A valuable book for older teens/adults, but one that would also need some matching to the reader.