| 词条 | Darkness Before Dawn |
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| name = Darkness Before Dawn | title_orig = | translator = | image = Darkness Before Dawn.jpg| caption = | author = Sharon M. Draper | illustrator =| cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = Hazelwood High Trilogy | subject = Date Rape | genre = Realistic fiction | publisher = Atheneum Books | pub_date = 1 Feb 2001 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print- | pages = 272 pp | isbn = 0-689-83080-7 | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = Forged by Fire }} Darkness Before Dawn is a realistic young adult novel written by author Sharon M. Draper in 2001. The novel is the third and final installment in the Hazelwood High Trilogy. It depicts the story of an eighteen-year-old African American senior Keisha Montgomery, who is attracted to the twenty-three-year-old track coach Jonathan Hathaway. Plot summaryEighteen year old Keisha Montgomery is still recovering from her ex-boyfriend, Andy Jackson's suicide after she broke up with him. While having the support of her friends and family, she starts to go out and gets attracted to Jonathan Hataway. She joins the track team and there meets Jonathan Hathaway, the twenty-three-year-old coach, and principal's son. During a track meeting, a girl named Rita Bronson, begins arguing with Jonathan. He denies what they were talking about and after shouting some choice curse words, she runs into the woods never to return to school. Over time, he begins to smooth talk her and they finally become a couple. Her parents disapprove of him being five years older and forbid her to see him. Against their wishes, she continues to see him discreetly. Her friends attempt to warn her about his true ways but she refuses to listen to them. Leon Hawkins, a friend with feelings for Keisha, also tries to warn her. Ignoring everyone's warnings, she uses Leon to cover up her tracks when Jonathan asks her to the Valentine's dance. After the dance, Jonathan takes Keisha to his apartment and he attempts to engage in a sexual moment with her. After seeing her refusal to 'cooperate', Jonathan attempts to force her with a knife. Keisha cuts him and eventually manages to escape. She seeks the help of a homeless woman named Edna who sees her running in the snow(Keisha helped Edna earlier in the book). She takes Keisha in and defrosts her and gives Keisha a phone to call her parents. Finally safe in her home, she tells her parents her experience and apologizes. She also notes her refusal to attend school, as she feels ashamed. After two weeks of absences Rita comes back and tells her she has experienced some of the same things as Keisha but she didn't escape. Later Mr. Hathaway tells her that he has resigned and that Jonathan did come to him that night. He then sent him to live with relatives in a different state and tried to pick up another teenage girl. That girl then pressed charges and landed him in jail for thirty years. Feeling relieved that Jonathan is in jail and comforted by her true friends she returns to school and Keisha graduates with the rest of her friends. Characters
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References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklists/quickpicks/2002top10quick|website=www.ala.org |title=Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers |publisher=American Library Association |accessdate=15 July 2015 }} {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sharon-m-draper/darkness-before-dawn/ |website=www.kirkusreviews.com |title=Darkness Before Dawn |date=1 December 2000 |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=15 July 2015 }} 2 : 2001 American novels|American young adult novels |
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