* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER *
JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION * KIDS' INDIE NEXT LIST PICK * NPR BEST
PICK * KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *
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.
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.
