The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner

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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Published Feb 28, 2017

447 pages

Average rating: 8.63

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Readers say *The Hate U Give* by Angie Thomas is a powerful, emotionally gripping novel that vividly explores racism, police brutality, and systemic i...

njlbo1
Jul 18, 2023
10/10 stars
Everyone needs to read this book.
TheBookishOne
Dec 27, 2025
10/10 stars
An amazing book that everyone should read!
BrandeeD
Dec 10, 2025
10/10 stars
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)
Cjfranc
Nov 25, 2025
10/10 stars
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.
NinjaNeo
Nov 05, 2025
10/10 stars
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!

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