but financially i’m not sure how that would work out for the author. it is unfortunate that it’s an exact copy because it would never get adapted or else it would just be a third remake. if i had just so happened to rewatch (or reread) Carrie before reading this i think it would’ve annoyed me a lot more. i actually didn’t mind that because i liked that the story was so familiar to me. This book is literally word for word, bar for bar, a carbon copy of Carrie, nothing original added to the plot besides racism. i wanted to love it so bad because it was fun and i mean i got through it quickly but it just seems like there are some things the author wanted to force that really didn’t need to be apart of the story and it ended up ruining the story a bit for me. i wasn’t attached to any of the characters unfortunately, especially not Maddy which sucks because the book was about her but i feel like it didn’t focus on her enough for me. It’s a really gripping story and well written for sure. i really think this should’ve just been set in the 50s but that’s just my personal opinion. i get the point of kenny and wendy dating, doesn’t mean it makes sense either. the main character being half black was so bad she got bullied why was it okay for the popular white girl to openly date a black guy? the contradiction here are really confusing. i know that segregated proms happen in the south but idk still was meh to me, but i’ll get over it. So after some thought i think i’d give it 3 stars. She was inspired by my halloween costume probably (i’m delusional sorry) 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 YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom.

The weight of blood tiffany jackson