Allegedly
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Violence
4.3
(1.7K)
Tiffany D. Jackson
“A tightly spun debut that wrestles with many intense ideas and ends with a knife twist that will send readers racing back to the beginning again.” —ALA Booklist (starred review)Orange Is the New Black meets Walter Dean Myers’s Monster in this gritty, twisty, and haunting story about a girl convicted of murder seeking the truth while surviving life in a group home, from New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson.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 churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it?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’s fate now 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?
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Author
Tiffany D. Jackson
Pages
416
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2017-01-24
ISBN
0062422669 9780062422668
Ratings
Google: 5
Community ReviewsSee all
"Book definitely grasps me from the start the realization of how broken the system can be and how many people it can fail. The ending had me disappointed in the character, but not the story. Definitely kept me hooked."
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Chena
"OK idk how to feel about the book. I was probably not in the right headspace to be reading this book cuz it was basically almost 400 pages of trauma and there wasn't even a happy ending for the girl. Like if someone is gonna go through all that, can she get a happy ending where she's gonna be safe, DANG! The ending didn't even really feel satisfying bc the build up wasn't significant enough making the twist feel cliche. "
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Maya
"This book left me shook!!"
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Kelli Jean
"That twist really got me. You could see hints of it dropped in here and there but I was still stunned when I read it."
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Zariah Grant
"I have no words. Like wth did I just read?! 4 ⭐️’s"
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Tre
"9 year old Mary has just killed a neighbor’s three month old baby. Allegedly. This is her story after she’s served time and moved from “baby jail” to a group home for criminal young girls at the age of fifteen. Now Mary is at risk to lose her unborn child, because she’s a convicted murderer. Did she do it? You will have to read the story to find out. <br/><br/>I really enjoyed this book. It kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat until the very end. This was an absolute 5 star read until the very last chapter. The ending was a bit disappointing, but the rest of the story was fantastic.<br/><br/>This was my first book by this author. I’ve already added a few more books on her backlist to my tbr."
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Larissa
"Such a thrilling book with many twists and turns along the way. I was hooked!!! And the ending-the ending was SO GOOD!!! I highly recommend. "
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Hallie Brown
"This story keeps you guessing until the very end. It was recommended because I enjoyed Verity. And I will say now I understand why!"
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Holli D. Wise
"Interested in reading more T.D.J. however I had some mixed feelings about the ending. I felt some things did not add up and I left a little too much to speculate about in the end.
Our main character absolutely idolized the right show because this definitely emulated a SVU episode."
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"Heartbreaking but interesting story that left me curious to find out the ending. "
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Kelly Radzaj
