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The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner

by Angie Thomas

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A witness caught between two worlds

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    William C. Morris Award Winner

    Winner of the William C. Morris Award.

  • Bestseller

    #1 New York Times Bestseller

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

  • Critical praise

    Kirkus starred review: “This story is necessary. This story is important.”

    Kirkus calls the book necessary and important; the metadata also identifies the comment as a starred review.

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A witness caught between two worlds

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter lives in a poor neighborhood and attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses the fatal shooting of her unarmed childhood friend, Khalil, by a police officer, his death becomes the focus of public debate and protest. Starr is the only living witness who can say what happened, while pressure from police and a local drug lord reaches her family. The novel brings together questions of testimony, public judgment, and the risks of speaking out, with Starr’s divided experience linking events at school to those in her community.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in contemporary young adult fiction set in the United States.
  • Readers seeking fiction about race, community, police violence, and protest.
  • Readers interested in a protagonist navigating life between her neighborhood and a suburban prep school.

Themes

Race and identityPolice violencePublic narratives and testimonyCommunity and familyProtest

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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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