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Underneath her Ku Klux Klan robe and hood, Mariah Baxter is a normal 16-year-old girl. She plays volleyball. She shares everything with her best friend, Chloe (who is also in the Klan). She fights with her older brother, Jeremy. She rebels against her dad—the grand dragon of the KKK.See, Mariah doesn’t believe in the KKK. She hates it, in fact. She hates what they stand for. She hates their prejudiced beliefs and the things they do because of those beliefs. But she’s trapped in that robe and hood because of who her dad is. At least she thinks she is.Then she meets Wendy, a new African American girl who moves to town and becomes her lab partner in chemistry. Wendy is crazy smart and comes from a loving, supportive family—a family that, despite Mariah’s connection to the Klan, opens their hearts to her. And when they do, Mariah starts to see a new future for herself, a future free of the KKK.She knows that it’s possible—to break away—but she also knows it will be incredibly dangerous for her and anyone who helps her. With love and determination, people around Mariah come to her aid. They fight for her. They sacrifice. She knew it would be hard, but she never would have guessed how much her freedom would cost.

Mariah Baxter only has to make it through two more years in Fountain Park and then she can get away—away from her small town, from the kids at school who hate her, but most of all from her dad who just happens to be a grand dragon in the Ku Klux Klan. For more than ten years, Mariah’s worn the robe and hood. She’s gone to the rallies, carried the torches. For more than ten years, she’s toed the line. She’s been the good Klan daughter her father expected her to be—there were no other options. At least, that’s what she’d grown up believing. But Mariah’s junior year changes everything. Her life suddenly becomes more dangerous—and yet better—all at once. Taking a leap that will test the strength of the chains that have bound her all her life, Mariah might break free, but that freedom may cost her more than she could have ever imagined.