The Everyone loved her. Homecoming killed her Emill, Jumata creator author. text Detective and mystery stories. Fictional Work Mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Detective and mystery fiction. School fiction. Novels. Romans. nyu 2023 First edition. monographic eng

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392 pages ; 22 cm When Nova, Lovett High School's first black homecoming queen, is murdered the night of her coronation, her best friend, Duchess, finds an unlikely ally in her search for the killer--her prime suspect, Tinsley, the white rival nominee for queen. Nova Albright was murdered the night of her coronation as the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High. Her body was found the next morning in the old slave cemetery she spent her weekends rehabilitating. Everyone in Lovett knows Tinsley McArthur-- wealthy, white-- would do anything to carry on the McArthur tradition of wearing the homecoming crown. Nova's best friend, Duchess Simmons, is the daughter of the first Black police captain in Lovett. She is convinced that Tinsley killed Nova-- but her father is doing what he always does. Which means that the white girl is going to walk. To prove Tinsley's guilt, Duchess will have to get close to her. But Tinsley has an agenda, too.... -- adapted from jacket Ages 14+. Delacorte Press. Grades 10-12. Delacorte Press. adolescent Jumata Emill. African Americans Juvenile fiction Race relations Juvenile fiction High schools Juvenile fiction Schools Juvenile fiction Contests Juvenile fiction Murder Juvenile fiction Best friends Juvenile fiction African Americans Fiction Race relations Fiction High schools Fiction Schools Fiction Contests Fiction Murder Fiction Mystery and detective stories Emill, Jumata. New York : Delacorte Press, 2023 (DLC) 2022006229 9780593568545 0593568540 9780593568552 0593568559 9780593568576 0593568575 2022006228 220309 20241030115839.0 1310786268