Thomas, Angie,
The hate u give / Hate you give. Angie Thomas. - First edition. - 444 pages ; 22 cm.
"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"--
2017 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award.
9780062498533 0062498533
2016-950333
Racism--Fiction.
Witnesses--Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Police shootings--Juvenile fiction.
Police-community relations--Juvenile fiction.
FIC THO
The hate u give / Hate you give. Angie Thomas. - First edition. - 444 pages ; 22 cm.
"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"--
2017 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award.
9780062498533 0062498533
2016-950333
Racism--Fiction.
Witnesses--Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Police shootings--Juvenile fiction.
Police-community relations--Juvenile fiction.
FIC THO