8 starred reviews · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best · William C. Morris Award Winner · National Book Award Longlist · Printz Honor Book · Coretta Scott King Honor Book · #1 New York Times Bestseller!
“Absolutely riveting!” —Jason Reynolds
“Stunning.” —John Green
“This story is necessary. This story is important.” —Kirkus (starred review)
“Heartbreakingly topical.” —Publishers … Green
“This story is necessary. This story is important.” —Kirkus (starred review)
“Heartbreakingly topical.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A marvel of verisimilitude.” —Booklist (starred review)
“A powerful, in-your-face novel.” —Horn Book (starred review)
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.
Want more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Seven’s story in Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas’s powerful prequel to The Hate U Give.
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I think this is the greatest book I have ever read. It is very inspirational , and it makes you want to help the world about things.
we are reading this book in school and i can say that this is one of the only books that i found very interesting and well done. i go to viking middle school and im 13, i love this book so much and im sure others can really relate to this or something like this. CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!
Excellent!
Wow! Just…wow. This novel tells a heart wrenching story that has the reader reaching for the tissue box and growling in frustration. The story is so well written that the reader is instantly transported to Starr’s world. From the first page I felt as though I could feel the thump of the bass and smell the marijuana smoke. As I followed Starr’s journey from victim to activist, I was saddened by how relevant this story was. The relevance also made it hard to read at times because I was just heartbroken over the loss of Khalil and others like him. I too had to teach my children what to do if pulled over or stopped by the police and reading Starr going over a similar list when she nd Khalil were pulled over had me in tears. I will say that for all the sadness I felt reading, I also loved the family dynamic and the sense of community Garden Heights had. I was left with a feeling of hope and optimism that I hope is not misplaced.
A powerful education for this middle class white woman. I didn’t want to read it, but I’m so glad I did.
Blurb:
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.
This book moved me… Taught me… Inspired me… Changed me. I couldn’t put it down.
The Hate U GIve, was one of the most remarkable books i’ve read in, well, forever! There’s nothing I dislike about this book, besides it habing to end. I recommend this book to anyone who won’t mind getting sucked into the hottest
This book changed me. In big ways. It’s a YA novel, easy reading, the profanity is “off-putting” (if that’s a word). I’ve never considered myself even slightly racist. I am an educated white woman who has always thought black people frequently “played the victim” rather than take responsibility for their own choices. But this book took me inside a world I hadn’t seen before, the world where a white cop shoots an unarmed black teenager. And is not held accountable. A MUST-READ for all races.
This book should be required reading in every school in the United States before they grow up to hate a person because he/she is a little different skin from theirs.
I read this in one sitting, couldn’t put it down. The subject is tough, but its written in a personal style that makes it so readable, because its a coming of age story in the context of a serious issue of injustice. The topic is important and the writing really pulls you in. It’s not abstract, it’s real, and extraordinarily well written. I’m think I laughed here and there, but mostly I cried.
A great contemporary novel about real world issues. It was a fantastic glimpse into the point of view of Black culture. Highly recommend!
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a young adult novel that deals with issues of racism and police brutality as told through the eyes of sixteen-year-old, Starr Carter who witnesses a friend die by police shooting.
I’m not going to give a detailed plot review since there are plenty already written. I’ll simply say this. In order to gain understanding, it’s important to walk in another’s shoes. This book enables the reader to do so. It was gut-wrenching and painful, but also insightful and illuminating.
Makes you think.
This is a well written and timely book. It is something you see played out on the nightly news but from the inside. The story of Starr is thoughtful and although fictional, unfortunately too realistic for too many of our young people. This book needs to be read and discussed.
Timely, thought-provoking. Couldn’t put it down although it took me a bit to get used to the slang language used. Highly recommend.
This is a great read that deals with the death of a young black male who was shot by a Caucasian police officer. The passenger of in the car witnessed the entire ordeal. Starr, the witness and main character, must decide whether she should speak out. She is also conflicted because though she lives on the “wrong” side of the tracks, she attends school on the “right” side. She has worked hard to keep those on the “right” side of the tracks from seeing her in the wrong light. Yet, she grow up with the people on the “wrong” side and many of them are like family to her. This story hits home. It is relevant and screams for us all (color aside) to take a stance and act. I highly recommend this book.
I enjoyed the author’s writing. The book flowed and the pacing was appropriate for the content. This is the type of read that reveals things about yourself and those around you.
There is adult language and violence throughout.
This book is amazing. Very real life fiction
I really just want everyone to read this book. This book is so important. Especially with everything that goes on today.
The Hate U Give follows Starr. A black girl who lives in Garden Heights and she basically lives to separate lives. She’s a different person at school than she is at home. She thinks she can’t be herself at her school. She’s scared people will only see her as a ghetto poor black girl.
She witnesses the fatal shooting of her friend Khalil, who was murdered by a cop. This book shows what she goes through trying to tell Khalil’s story and make sure that he gets the justice he deserves.
This book is moving. This book is heartbreaking. I’m so pissed with how this book ended. But if it had a happy ending, it wouldn’t do it’s job. It wouldn’t be realistic.
The Hate U Give tackles serious topics that we see on a day-to-day basis. It’s definitely a good book to read to get more information about police brutality against people of color. You get to see something so innocent get turned into something to terrible and something so untrue.
You really have to read this book. You get so much perspective. It’s such an inspiring read. Please, please pick it up!
5/5 Stars
My teenage daughter read it and it was very emotional for her.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas was such a compelling story about Starr Carter – a 16-Year-Old who is literally torn between two worlds. There is Starr from the ghetto neighborhood and then there is Starr – the sixteen-year-old who attends a fancy suburban preparatory school.
I was completely torn while reading this book. I knew that it was life changing / life altering. I just didn’t expect it to hit me as hard as it did. I think because it literally hit too close to home – in so many ways. I just wasn’t expecting it.
I felt for Starr – in more ways than one. She was unfortunately dealt a crappy hand, one where she didn’t know what to do or how to act. She witnessed one of her childhood best friends murder in cold blood. What’s worse, is that she experienced the very same thing when she was 10-years-old; she witnessed her other best friend murdered in a drive-by.
I think what made this book so hard was the fact that things like this happens all the time. In every city of every state. Innocents are murdered because of the way they look, or because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. Where you literally had to watch your steps and words. Many that know me now wonder how I was able to escape the life that was inevitable. You are taught from a very young age to keep your head down at all times. This is why I felt like this book hit too close to home. Those that personally know me, know of the tragedies that have hit my family. And it felt like getting justice for Khalil meant so much more – for me, for the author and for all of those people that she wrote it for. Those killed / murdered unjustly. Those that no longer have a voice to speak for themselves.
I was definitely impressed with this book, the author, the characters and all that it meant!