Thomas, Angie,

The hate u give / Hate you give. Angie Thomas ; [foreword by Amandla Stenberg]. - First paperback edition. - 444 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes Racism & anti-racism background information, discussion questions, action prompts.

Includes bibliographical references.

"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"--

ISBN: 0062498541 9780062498540

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American teenagers
African American high school students
Racism against Black people
Witnesses
Police shootings
Police-community relations
Race relations
African American families
Young adult fiction.