Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



Your plantation prom is not okay  Cover Image Book Book

Your plantation prom is not okay / Kelly McWilliams.

McWilliams, Kelly, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316449939 :
  • ISBN: 0316449938 :
  • Physical Description: 314 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 12 & up Little, Brown and Company.
Subject: Plantations > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Hanover Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Howe Library YA FIC MCW 31254003833890 Teens - Lower level Available -

Syndetic Solutions - Summary for ISBN Number 9780316449939
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay
by McWilliams, Kelly
Rate this title:
vote data
Click an element below to view details:

Summary

Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay


This sharp-witted, timely novel explores cancel culture, anger, and grief, and challenges the romanticization of America's racist past with humor and heart--for readers of Dear Martin by Nic Stone and Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson. Harriet Douglass lives with her historian father on an old plantation in Louisiana, which they've transformed into one of the South's few enslaved people's museums. Together, while grieving the recent loss of Harriet's mother, they run tours that help keep the memory of the past alive. Harriet's world is turned upside down by the arrival of mother and daughter Claudia and Layla Hartwell--who plan to turn the property next door into a wedding venue, and host the offensively antebellum-themed wedding of two Hollywood stars. Harriet's fully prepared to hate Layla Hartwell, but it seems that Layla might not be so bad after all--unlike many people, this California influencer is actually interested in Harriet's point of view. Harriet's sure she can change the hearts of Layla and her mother, but she underestimates the scale of the challenge...and when her school announces that prom will be held on the plantation, Harriet's just about had it with this whole racist timeline! Overwhelmed by grief and anger, it's fair to say she snaps. Can Harriet use the power of social media to cancel the celebrity wedding and the plantation prom? Will she accept that she's falling in love with her childhood best friend, who's unexpectedly returned after years away? Can she deal with the frustrating reality that Americans seem to live in two completely different countries? And through it all, can she and Layla build a bridge between them?

Additional Resources