The Hate U Give
Edition: Collectors edition (1)
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9780062853332
Copyright date: 2018
Description: SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD STARR CARTER moves between two worlds: the poor black 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, Khalil's death is' a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger, Starr's best friend at school suggests he may have had it coming. When it becomes clear the police have little interest in investigating the incident, protesters take to the streets and Starr's neighborhood becomes a war zone. 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 destroy her community. tt could also endanger her life.

Angie Thomas's searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty.
--front flap