The Weight of Blood
New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022], ©2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 406 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
Racially mixed teenagers -- Teen fiction.
Bullying -- Teen fiction.
Proms -- Teen fiction.
Racism in education -- Teen fiction.
Racism against Black people -- Teen fiction.
Passing (Identity) -- Teen fiction.
Secrecy -- Teen fiction.
Bullies and bullying -- Teen fiction.
Secrets -- Teen fiction.
Racially mixed teenagers -- Teen fiction.
Bullying -- Teen fiction.
Proms -- Teen fiction.
Racism in education -- Teen fiction.
Racism against Black people -- Teen fiction.
Passing (Identity) -- Teen fiction.
Secrecy -- Teen fiction.
Bullies and bullying -- Teen fiction.
Secrets -- Teen fiction.
ISBN:
9780063029149
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TF Jackson | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Fiction | In |
TF Jackson | Southeast | Teen Fiction | Out (Due: 4/22/2024) |