Darkness Before Dawn

The dramatic conclusion to the award-winning Hazelwood High Trilogy A Coretta Scott King Award-winning Author In her senior year, things are finally looking a little brighter for Keisha. Still haunted by the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, she finds comfort in the attentions of the new track coach, twenty-three-year-old Jonathan Hathaway, the principal's son. How can Keisha not be swept off her feet by a tall, dark, handsome "lemon drop wrapped in licorice" who treats like a woman, not a girl? But suddenly this intoxicating relationship takes a frightening turn, and Keisha is once again plunged into the darkness she's fought so hard to escape.

Sharon Mills Draper, born in Cleveland, Ohio, has been writing and teaching for over twenty-five years. She has always encouraged in her students a love of learning through literature and a respect for excellence in writing. She is an accomplished educator, author, poet, consultant, and motivational speaker. As the 1997 National Teacher of the Year, she traveled extensively, discussing issues of literacy and education.

Her first novel for Atheneum, Tears of a Tiger, was the recipient of the first Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, and her second novel, Forged by Fire, won the Coretta Scott King Award for Literature in 1998. Darkness Before Dawn is the final book in the trilogy. She is also the author of Romiette & Julio, as well as several other books for young readers.

When asked to describe herself, Mrs. Draper replied, "I'm a dreamer, a creator, a visionary. I approach the world with the eyes of an artist, the ears of a musician, and the soul of a writer. I see rainbows where others see only rain, and possibilities when others see only problems. I love to write; words flow easily from my fingertips, and my heart beats rapidly with excitement as an idea becomes a reality on the paper in front of me. I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer."

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