![]() The disagreement spirals beyond Will’s control and eventually leads to Clarence’s death. ![]() After getting into a disagreement with Clarence Banks, an African American man, at a speakeasy, Will begins to question his views on race and prejudices. In 1921, our main character is Will Tillman and he is, well, kind of oblivious to the prejudices beyond his experience. It’s about power and prejudice rooted so deep that people don’t see it anymore.” Dreamland Burning, pg. “The crime’s different but the problem’s the same. One of the characters, James, said it best: While I personally thought that the 1921 timeline was more interesting, I loved how these two timelines worked together to discuss the underlying issue of racism. This book is split between two timelines, 1921 and today. ![]() ![]() In a country rife with violence against blacks and a hometown segregated by Jim Crow, Will must make hard choices on a painful journey towards self discovery and face his inner demons in order to do what’s right the night Tulsa burns. One hundred years earlier, a single violent encounter propels seventeen-year-old Will Tillman into a racial firestorm. 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, the present, and herself. ![]()
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