The Hate U Give
Recommended by Bianca Belair, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #1 in Blended Families, Ranked #1 in Diverse — see more rankings.
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... more
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... more
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Bianca Belair For #BlackHistoryMonth I will be sharing some of my favorite books by Black Authors 7th Book: The Hate U Give By: Angie Thomas @angiecthomas The movie was really great, but it just hits different when you read the book! https://t.co/rxMH5Uu6JN (Source)
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- #59 in 10th Grade
- #69 in 11th Grade
- #33 in 13-Year-Old
- #37 in 14-Year-Old
- #57 in 15-Year-Old
- #2 in 2017
- #42 in 21st Century
- #36 in 8th Grade
- #37 in 9th Grade
- #60 in Adulting
- #13 in African American
- #53 in African American History
- #61 in Amazing
- #23 in Audio
- #49 in Award-Winning
- #27 in Awarded
- #62 in Beautiful
- #5 in Black Author
- #13 in Black and White
- #55 in Book Club
- #21 in Buzzfeed
- #19 in Character Development
- #35 in Charisma
- #14 in Choices
- #39 in Class
- #29 in Coming Of Age
- #4 in Contemporary
- #25 in Controversial
- #13 in Courage
- #30 in Culture
- #69 in Current
- #32 in Dating
- #17 in Death
- #1 in Diversity
- #44 in Dramatic
- #39 in Drugs
- #25 in Emotional
- #20 in Empathy
- #4 in Essay Writing
- #6 in Family
- #37 in Finding Yourself
- #18 in Friendship
- #51 in Gift
- #68 in Goodreads
- #52 in Grace
- #64 in Graduate School
- #9 in Grief
- #48 in Growing Up
- #35 in Heartbreak
- #50 in Heroes
- #59 in High School
- #15 in Hope
- #19 in Human Rights
- #5 in Identity
- #3 in Important
- #30 in Inspiring
- #10 in Justice
- #32 in Library
- #61 in Life Changing
- #50 in Life Lessons
- #6 in Multiculturalism
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- #19 in Options
- #38 in PTSD
- #43 in Perspective
- #50 in Possession
- #24 in Poverty
- #6 in Racism
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- #4 in Realistic Fiction
- #38 in Resilience
- #55 in Reviewed
- #46 in Revolution
- #20 in Ruby
- #32 in Sad
- #21 in Sadness
- #15 in Scribd
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- #57 in Summer
- #54 in Summer Reading
- #27 in Teen
- #22 in Teen Boys
- #22 in Teen Fiction
- #16 in Teen Girls
- #25 in Thought-Provoking
- #50 in To-Read
- #24 in Trauma
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- #57 in Urban
- #2 in Urban Fiction
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- #3 in Windows
- #26 in Young Adult
- #14 in Young Adult Fiction
- #27 in Young Teen
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