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The weight of blood / Tiffany D. Jackson.

Summary:

New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! When Springville residents--at least the ones still alive--are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it.An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington.After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their image: host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it's possible to have a normal life.But some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret . . . one that will cost them all their lives.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063029163
  • ISBN: 0063029162
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

Content descriptions

Source of Description Note:
Title details screen (OverDrive, viewed September 9, 2022).
Subject: Racially mixed teenagers > Juvenile fiction.
Bullying > Juvenile fiction.
Proms > Juvenile fiction.
Racism in education > Juvenile fiction.
Racism against Black people > Juvenile fiction.
Passing (Identity) > Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Electronic books.
Horror fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Social problem fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Young adult fiction.


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