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The weight of blood / Tiffany D. Jackson.

Jackson, Tiffany D., (author.). Nash, Joy, (narrator.). Jackson, JD, (narrator.). Mollo-Christensen, Sarah, (narrator.). White, Karen Malina, 1965- (narrator.). Salazar, Christopher, (narrator.).

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: 9780063029170
  • ISBN: 0063029170
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 01 min., 28 sec.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Katherine Tegen Books, 2022.

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Joy Nash, JD Jackson, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Karen Malina White and Christopher Salazar.
Source of Description Note:
Online resource; title from title details screen (OverDrive, viewed September 12, 2022).
Subject: Racially mixed people > Fiction.
Teenagers > Fiction.
Bullies and bullying > Fiction.
Racially mixed teenagers > Fiction.
High school students > Fiction.
Bullying > Fiction.
Racism in schools > United States > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Audiobooks.
Downloadable audio books.

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