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. But Nick’s feelings grow more complicated when he finds himself falling hard for Jay’s openness, idealism, and unfounded faith in the American Dream. And he learns something else: Jay is also transgender.Īs Nick is pulled deeper into the glittery culture of decadence, he spends more time with Jay, aiming to help his new friend reconnect with his lost love. At one of these parties, Nick learns that the spectacle is all for the benefit of impressing a girl from Jay’s past-Daisy. Nick’s neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious young man named Jay Gatsby, whose castle-like mansion is the stage for parties so extravagant that they both dazzle and terrify Nick. Nick rents a small house in West Egg from his 18-year-old cousin, Daisy Fabrega, who lives in fashionable East Egg near her wealthy fiancé, Tom-and Nick is shocked to find that his cousin now goes by Daisy Fay, has erased all signs of her Latina heritage, and now passes seamlessly as white. Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional, which could set up his future-and his life as a man-and benefit his family.

Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city’s glamor. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix (Remixed Classics #5) by Anna-Marie McLemore Here are some that we’re watching for this week: September is starting off with a huge pile of new books.

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