"Allegedly" is a gripping tale that doesn't just invite you into the life of Mary B. Addison, it pulls you in with a force that's hard to resist. This book is a journey through a complex system of justice and personal discovery. For those with a fascination for morally ambiguous characters and a storyline that offers more questions than answers, you'll find yourself lost within the pages, wrestling with every twist and revelation. Mary's struggle is as heart-wrenching as it is engrossing, making it a must-read if you appreciate stories that provoke thought and challenge perceptions.

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• South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult (2020)
• Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2019)
• Lincoln Award Nominee (2022)
• NAACP Image Award Nominee for Youth/Teens (2018)

Mary B. Addison killed a baby. 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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