The weight of blood / Tiffany D. Jackson.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]Edition: 1st edDescription: 406 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780063029149Subject(s): Bullying -- Juvenile fiction | Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction | High schools -- Juvenile fiction | Proms -- Juvenile fiction | Racism -- Juvenile fiction | Horror tales | Bullies and bullying -- Fiction | Racially mixed people -- Fiction | High schools -- Fiction | Schools -- Fiction | Proms -- Fiction | Racism -- Fiction | Horror stories | Georgia -- Juvenile fiction | Georgia -- FictionGenre/Form: Thrillers (Fiction) | Horror fiction.DDC classification: [Fic] 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"--Provided by publisher.
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC JAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500061202 |
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Kirkus Starred, July 2022
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"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"--Provided by publisher.
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