Then, two weeks ago, George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer in the US, and Black Lives Matter protests started up all around America and in other countries too. So even though I’d heard so much about it, I still hadn’t read it months after buying it. Fantasy and science fiction are much more my thing. I bought this book last year but I don’t read much contemporary. The Hate U Give is an outstanding and powerful novel. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.īut what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. Publishing Info: November 2018 by Walker Books, Special Collector’s Edition (first published 2017)
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