Allegedly
A smart, gritty, and haunting YA debut in which Mary Addison—a teen girl who was convicted of an unspeakable crime at age nine—must find her voice to fight the past and tell what really happened that fateful night.
Mary B. Addison killed a baby.
Allegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview with detectives and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a church-going black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official.
Mary survived six years in baby jail before being dumped in a group home. The house isn't really home—no place where you fear for your life can be considered a home. Home is Ted, who she meets on assignment at a nursing home.
There wasn't a point to setting the record straight before but, now, she's got Ted—and their unborn child—to think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary must find the voice to fight her past. And her fate lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the most: her momma. No one knows the real Momma. But does anyone know the real Mary?
| SKU | 117573 |
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| ISBN | 9780062422651 |
| Language | English |
| Page Count | 416 |
| Product Type | Paperback Books |
| Book Type | Young Adult Novels |
| Primary Contributor | Tiffany D. Jackson |
| Age Groups | Ages 13 to 15, Ages 16 to 18 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |