The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner

Everyone needs to read this book.

WOW!!! When books become movies, I usually refuse to see them or even read up about them until I have read the book. And I am so glad that I did. This book is phenomenal. The writing, the subject matter, the emotion that seeps out through every page. It is hard to say that I loved this book because how can you love a book dealing with this type of circumstance but I did. And it is one that I think should be required in schools. I also listened along to this with the audiobook narrated by Bahni Turpin and it was fabulous! Really good at distinguishing each character and their personalities. This book teaches us some very important lessons, mainly, "Your voice is your weapon. Use it!"
"Everybody wants to talk about how Khalil died. But this isn't about how Khalil died. It's about the fact that he lived. His life mattered. Khalil lived!" (412)
"Khalil, I'll never forget. I'll never give up. I'll never be quiet. I promise." (444)

I couldn't put it down. This book made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think and most of all made understand.

Why did I wait so long to read this book??!! If people would only realize how the system has only contributed to the imbalance of life opportunities for minorities. This book breaks down the harsh realities of systemic racism in our communities in such an easy to follow story. I was invested with every page, and now I want to go watch the movie!

Such an important book at an important time in our history. The only reason it doesn’t have five stars from me?? There were a few syrupy sweet moments that were too teen for me. But this is a novel that should be required reading.

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