What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.īut what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Angie addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Everyone is talking about Angie Thomas’s debut novel, THE HATE U GIVE, in which a young girl finds her voice and the courage to use it. The original complaint was about the lack of specificity in permission slips, as well as language and sexual situations. 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. This award-winning bestselling YA fiction title about the shooting of a young, unarmed black man by a white police officer was challenged at a Springfield (MO) middle school. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. Soon to be a major motion picture from Fox 2000/Temple Hill Productions. by Angie Thomas - A guide for parents, teachers, and group leaders to accompany the reading of this novel. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, 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.
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