Starr Carter lives in two, very different worlds. At home, she lives in the poor black neighborhood (the ghetto) Garden Heights. Her dad is a former gang member who now owns his own grocery store, so she is known mostly as "Big Mav's daughter." Her parents are happily married, and Starr and her siblings are cherished, if not rich. At Williamsburg prep, Starr is the token black girl, and she is constantly trying not to do anything too "ghetto" or "angry black girl." Although she cares for Chris, the white boyfriend she still hasn't told her dad about, and her Williamsburg friends, she doesn't feel like she can share her real life with them. When Starr was ten, her best friend Natasha was shot in front of her in a gang drive-by. Starr didn't think something worse could happen, but she was wrong. When she and her childhood friend Kahlil leave a party together, they are stopped by a copy for no reason. While waiting outside the vehicle, Kahlil turns to reassure Starr, and the cop shoots and kills him. Kahlil was no angel, but he was unarmed and innocent that night. Now, Starr has decide what she will do with the hate she has been given to try to prevent it from happening from others. This is one of the best novels I have read, ever!!!! Thomas creates such well-drawn characters, and you will fall in love with Starr and her messy and marvelous family and friends. You will laugh out loud as her parents embarrass their kids and cry with them as their dreams of justice seem impossible. There are no stereotypes in this book, only hard truths that will sink into your soul and leave you forever changed. This book may be over 400 pages, but it read quickly. Thomas' story is so amazing that I already want to read it again. If you are going to read anything in the next year, you need to read this book. Highly recommended!
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Starr Carter lives in two, very different worlds. At home, she lives in the poor black neighborhood (the ghetto) Garden Heights. Her dad is a former gang member who now owns his own grocery store, so she is known mostly as "Big Mav's daughter." Her parents are happily married, and Starr and her siblings are cherished, if not rich. At Williamsburg prep, Starr is the token black girl, and she is constantly trying not to do anything too "ghetto" or "angry black girl." Although she cares for Chris, the white boyfriend she still hasn't told her dad about, and her Williamsburg friends, she doesn't feel like she can share her real life with them. When Starr was ten, her best friend Natasha was shot in front of her in a gang drive-by. Starr didn't think something worse could happen, but she was wrong. When she and her childhood friend Kahlil leave a party together, they are stopped by a copy for no reason. While waiting outside the vehicle, Kahlil turns to reassure Starr, and the cop shoots and kills him. Kahlil was no angel, but he was unarmed and innocent that night. Now, Starr has decide what she will do with the hate she has been given to try to prevent it from happening from others. This is one of the best novels I have read, ever!!!! Thomas creates such well-drawn characters, and you will fall in love with Starr and her messy and marvelous family and friends. You will laugh out loud as her parents embarrass their kids and cry with them as their dreams of justice seem impossible. There are no stereotypes in this book, only hard truths that will sink into your soul and leave you forever changed. This book may be over 400 pages, but it read quickly. Thomas' story is so amazing that I already want to read it again. If you are going to read anything in the next year, you need to read this book. Highly recommended!
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