The book bounces back and forth the present day (implied to be sometime in the 2020s) and May 2014. Jackson has said that she wanted to honor King's work while at the same time subverting the message it puts first in order to provoke thought and discussion amongst her readers. It deals with themes of US racism, high-school bullying, and modern witchcraft.
Its narrative follows the epistolary style of Carrie, while also adding sections of third-person omniscient action sequences in between transcripts of news articles and podcasts about the events of the novel from the future. The book is a retelling of Stephen King's 1974 horror novel Carrie, that elaborates on its themes in a 21st century context. Set in the fictional " sundown town" of Springville, Georgia, the story follows the final days of multiracial high-school senior Madison Washington who has been oppressed by her white supremacist father and forced to hide her ethnicity by passing as white and straightening her hair. The Weight of Blood is a 2022 YA horror novel by Tiffany D. one that will cost them all their lives.Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel, nominee
And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret. 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.īut some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington.Īfter 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. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Maddy did it.Īn outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. When Springville residents-at least the ones still alive-are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation. 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. New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D.
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