The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

IT WAS TRADITION that the outgoing seniors of Springville High converged into a caravan downtown on the way to their respective dances. The townspeople would like the Main Street parade route in lawn chairs to check glimpses of the party goers in their fine gowns and tuxedos. . . .

NO ONE KNEW
IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME
THAT MOST OF THEM
WOULD BE SEEN
ALIVE.

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.
   New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson returns to the horror genre with a chilling and suspenseful story about the real horrors of American racism and the terrifying power of one girl to reclaim her life.

Genres: Horror - Young Adult - Thriller - Mystery - Retellings - Paranormal - Mystery Thriller - Contemporary 
Condition: Very good
Published: 2022 by Katherine Tegen Books 
Pages: 406
ISBN: 9780063029149
Weight: 480g