The weight of blood.
The weight of blood.
By
:
Jackson, Tiffany D.
Publication Date
:
2022
Subject Term
:
Young adult fiction.
Bullying -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Proms -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
Summary
:
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.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780063029149
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter | YA Fic | YA Fiction | FIC JAC |