The Hate U Give: A Story About Police Violence, Racism, and Finding Your Voice
A #1 New York Times Bestseller, William C. Morris Award Winner, National Book Awar Longlist, Printz Honor Book, and Coretta Scott King Honor Book. The Hate U Give, now a major motion picture, is a young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It follows events in the life of a 16-year-old black girl, Starr Carter, who is drawn to activism after she witnesses the police shooting of a childhood friend.
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Readers say *The Hate U Give* by Angie Thomas is a powerful, emotionally intense novel that addresses racism, police violence, and systemic injustice ...
This may be classified as YA, and it is YA appropriate, but it reads excellently well for adults. The author expertly lays out the story of the protagonist Starr's struggles to cope with the two worlds she inhabits after one of her oldest friends is killed by a police officer. It is at times heartbreaking, warm, funny, painfully honest, and true. Starr's personal reactions and both communities' reactions make for a compelling novel.
I actually give this stunning debut a 4.5. I loved everything about this book, and that voice-- simply unforgettable! Only one tiny quibble about the ending--Perhaps it would've been better to leave us hanging? Other than that, this YA novel just blew me away. Brava!
Whew.....this is intense!
I'll save the full review for later -- but just a note, a "swear jar" plays a role in the book....if the content of this book fed into a swear jar, the keeper of the jar would be pretty rich!
I'll save the full review for later -- but just a note, a "swear jar" plays a role in the book....if the content of this book fed into a swear jar, the keeper of the jar would be pretty rich!
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