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The Weight of Blood by Tiffany Jackson

  • This is a modern retelling of the story
    Carrie where a biracial teen is forced to
    "pass" as white and is pushed to a
    supernatural breaking point after a viral
    bullying incident at her segregated high
    school. Her suppressed power erupts in a
    visceral, racially-charged massacre
    during the town's first integrated prom.

  • This book contains: alcohol, body horror,
    child abuse (graphic), controversial historical,
    racial, religious and social commentary, drugs
    (referenced), deception, depression,
    derogatory terms, gore, grief, horror
    (contemporary/gothic, racism, social and
    supernatural), inflammatory racial
    commentary, malicious bullying, murder,
    parental neglect, profanity, sexual
    activities/nudity, social surveillance , suicide,
    theft, and violence (excessive).

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