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The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas

A witness caught between two worlds

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    William C. Morris Award Winner

    Winner.

  • Bestseller

    #1 New York Times Bestseller

    Source describes the book as a #1 New York Times bestseller.

  • Critical praise

    Horn Book starred review

    Starred review describing the novel as powerful and in-your-face.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A witness caught between two worlds

Starr Carter’s life spans her neighborhood and the suburban prep school she attends, until she witnesses the fatal police shooting of her childhood friend Khalil. As competing accounts of Khalil circulate and protests gather, Starr becomes the only living witness able to say what happened. Her choices carry consequences for her family and community, placing the novel’s personal story within wider questions of public scrutiny, police violence, and whose accounts are believed. The two settings also shape Starr’s position: she must navigate different worlds while deciding whether to speak about the one they share.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in contemporary young adult fiction.
  • Readers seeking fiction about race, police violence, and public protest.
  • Readers interested in stories about divided communities and the pressures placed on a witness.

Themes

Race and identityPolice violencePublic protest and media narrativesCommunity and familySpeaking out and personal risk

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Book overview

8 starred reviews - Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best - William C. Morris Award Winner - National Book Award Longlist - Printz Honor Book - Coretta Scott King Honor Book - #1 New York Times Bestseller!

Absolutely riveting! --Jason Reynolds

Stunning. --John Green

This story is necessary. This story is important. --Kirkus (starred review)

Heartbreakingly topical. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A marvel of verisimilitude. --Booklist (starred review)

A powerful, in-your-face novel. --Horn Book (starred review)

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. 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. Khalil was unarmed.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.

But what Starr does--or does not--say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.

Want more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Seven's story inConcrete Rose, Angie Thomas's powerful prequel to The Hate U Give.

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