The Weight of Blood, Tiffany D. Jackson
The Weight of Blood, Tiffany D. Jackson
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The Weight of Blood

Author: Tiffany D. Jackson

Narrator: JD Jackson, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Joy Nash, Christopher Salazar, Karen Malina White

Unabridged: 10 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/06/2022


Synopsis

* 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.

About Tiffany D. Jackson

Tiffany D. Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Allegedly, Monday's Not Coming, Let Me Hear a Rhyme, Grown, White Smoke, The Weight of Blood, and The Scammer. A Margaret A. Edwards Award and Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, the Brooklyn native is splitting her time between the South and the borough she loves. You can visit her at writeinbk.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabby on October 26, 2022

4.5 stars Ahhh this was so good! Tiffany D Jackson has done it again. This is probably one of my top faves from her. I love the idea of a retelling of Carrie, because I wasn’t a huge fan of the actual book Carrie, but I love the idea of it! Also, the audiobook is fantastic and I highly recommend list......more

Goodreads review by Sydney Books on February 09, 2024

First of all WOW, second of all OMG GO READ THIS......more

Goodreads review by Jesse On Youtube on August 30, 2022

cws. n word usage, racism, bullying, child abuse god, TDJ does it again and again and again. in her latest blockbuster, TDJ explores the darkness that resides in suburbia. the weight of blood is a forceful twist on Carrie, full of the things that make it such a remarkable horror, while leaving Jackso......more

Goodreads review by myo on October 09, 2022

she was inspired by my halloween costume probably (i’m delusional sorry) so after some thought i think i’d give it 3 stars. i know that segregated proms happen in the south but idk still was meh to me, but i’ll get over it. the main character being half black was so bad she got bullied why was it oka......more

Goodreads review by AsToldByKenya on October 31, 2022

nobody is mothering the way Tiffany D Jackson is mothering. a mother amongst mothers. a grandma if you will.......more