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The hate u give

Author

Thomas, Angie author.

Title

The hate u give / Angie Thomas.

Format

Book

Edition

First edition.

Published

New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] ©2017

Description

444 pages ; 22 cm

URL

<URL> http://www.mackin.com/BookPics/Book.aspx?isbn=9780062498533

Variant title

Hate you give

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, 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Awards

2017 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature, 2017

Subject headings

Racism--Fiction. Witnesses--Juvenile fiction. Police-community relations--Juvenile fiction. African American teenagers--Juvenile fiction. Race relations--Juvenile fiction. Police shootings--Juvenile fiction. Race relations Juvenile fiction. Race relations Fiction.

Genre heading

Young adult fiction. Novels. Fiction. Juvenile works. Urban fiction. Young adult works. Novels. Urban fiction.

ISBN

9780062498533 (hardback) 0062498533 (hardback)