The Hate U Give
A Printz Honor Winner
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4.7 • 4.3K Ratings
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Publisher Description
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 in Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas's powerful prequel to The Hate U Give.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this gripping novel tracks one girl’s relentless struggle for justice after she witnesses a shooting that leaves her lifelong friend dead. In her first novel, Angie Thomas addresses police brutality with a gritty realism that will impact both teens and adults. Filled with vivid, explosive scenes and naturalistic dialogue, The Hate U Give brilliantly captures the vulnerability of being a young black girl in the 21st century. Thomas is a provocative, fearless writer who invites us into a fast-paced world of youthful misgivings and hashtag activism, imploring us to take a hard look at the harsh realities of racism in America.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At home in a neighborhood riven with gang strife, Starr Carter, 16, is both the grocer's daughter and an outsider, because she attends private school many miles away. But at Williamson Prep, where she's among a handful of black students, she can't be herself either: no slang, no anger, no attitude. That version of herself "Williamson Starr" "doesn't give anyone a reason to call her ghetto." She's already wrestling with what Du Bois called "double consciousness" when she accepts a ride home from Khalil, a childhood friend, who is then pulled over and shot dead by a white cop. Starr's voice commands attention from page one, a conflicted but clear-eyed lens through which debut author Thomas examines Khalil's killing, casual racism at Williamson, and Starr's strained relationship with her white boyfriend. Though Thomas's story is heartbreakingly topical, its greatest strength is in its authentic depiction of a teenage girl, her loving family, and her attempts to reconcile what she knows to be true about their lives with the way those lives are depicted and completely undervalued by society at large. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
Simply a Masterpiece
The Hate U Give is an absolute masterpiece. This story is necessary in the times we live in now with the killings of unarmed black men and women at the hands of police brutality. However to call this novel simply a social commentary is unjust. This novel sets the standard of which all novels should meet. It captures a voice that is so often excluded or silenced. Not only African Americans but African American women. This book explores the complexity of double consciousness, relationships between family, relationships between those outside your race. The Hate U Give is unapologetically black, yet in a context that is refreshing and relatable. Everyone should read this novel. It can enlighten and educate, but also does not forget to entertain. It is heart breaking while heart warming. It will make you laugh and it will male you cry. Most of all, this novel will make you think. It reminds us that no one is perfect, but we are all human.
The Hate U Give
Verrrrry good
The hate u give
Interesting because it gives the usual story of police violence against black youth from the black perspective.