The hate u give / Angie Thomas.
By: Thomas, Angie [author.].
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, 2018Edition: Movie tie-in ed.Description: 473 p : col. ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780062875686.Other title: Hate you give.Subject(s): Racism -- United States -- Juvenile fiction | Witnesses -- United States -- Juvenile fiction | African American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction | Race relations -- Juvenile fiction | Police shootings -- United States -- Juvenile fiction | Police-community relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction | United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile fictionDDC classification: FIC THO Summary: "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, Khalil's death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Starr's best friend at school suggests he may have had it coming. When it becomes clear the police have little interest in investigating the incident, protesters take to the streets and Starr's neighborhood becomes a war zone. 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 destroy her community. It could also endanger her life.
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"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, Khalil's death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Starr's best friend at school suggests he may have had it coming. When it becomes clear the police have little interest in investigating the incident, protesters take to the streets and Starr's neighborhood becomes a war zone. 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 destroy her community. It could also endanger her life.
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