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 love this book so very much and i recommend this book
I kept thinking about it well after I finished the book. It really stayed with me.
A necessary story… highlighting police brutality and the rifts between races. Brilliantly written.
the book and the movie is so amazing but when the police shot the black boy just because he had a brush in his hand that part mad me cry
It has curse words and if a kid wants to read like me they can’t because it has curse words in the book.
Book showed real things that happen in this world. And a girl just wanted to stop it all
I first heard about the book from seeing the movie trailer, so I went ahead, bought the book and read it cover to cover in a day. It’s such a compelling story, so heartbreaking but also totally real. Ms. Thomas created some wonderful characters who represented a wide spectrum of perspectives. I empathized with the protagonist who became a reluctant spokesperson for justice in a harrowing set of experiences. Angie Thomas is a writer to watch out for, for sure.
Very intersting book to read and is entertaining.
Great, heart breaking book.
its wonderful i definitely recommend it
i think this book is good to read but the book is sooo different than the movie but i think if khalil did not got shot that mean khalil & starr would be together and starr life would be so much better with khalil. And the fact that i hate obout the hate u give that the cop was reacist and if it was a white person he would not shoot him that how reacist he is .
I love the perspective this book gave me, helps me have a different view on what I think I know and what I know nothing about
this book really just is unpredictability
i read this book in two days and i lent it to a friend that appreciated it too. I suggest it for the amazing protagonist Starr and the wonderful story. also the movie’s great
I knew going into the book The Hate U Give was going to have a powerful message that needed to be heard. What I wasn’t ready for was the amount of knowledge I gained from it. I will not pretend that I fully understand the black lives movement and I don’t think I could fully understand but I do try my hardest to do so. And with #thehateugive being a fictional book and you can clearly see the nonfictional elements that use to build the community, the characters and the issues that should no longer be tolerated in today’s society.
Starr’s story sadly is not an uncommon one. And if Thomas’ writing doesn’t cause you to think, think before you speak, think before you do, to think about being culturally aware then reread it. Because while the story focuses on the racial profiling of the African American culture no stone was left unturned in representing how is misinformed and uneducated on each other.
Not only that but she also shed a light on media portrayal. Which I can say I’m guilty in falling for that trap and failing to remember there are multiple sides to every story. You can’t just take one side and think you have the full events.
I want to applaud Thomas for her work, for the light she shines , for tackling and succeeding in producing not just a book for entertainment but creating a tool to teach.
If you haven’t read The Hate U Give, I highly recommend it.
it was great
My friend asked me when was the last time I cried while reading a book and the beginning of The Hate U Give, had me pretty overwhelmed. The book was well written.
Starr, being only 16 years old, had suffered a similar fate like she did so many years ago when another friend of hers was shot. She once again, saw her whole life flashed before her eyes, but thankfully, her dad had prepared her for such trials and she put them in action. Had she not, it would be another story.
It should also be noted that Starr was also not totally brought up as a sheltered child, she was both book and street smart. It was her parents’ decision to keep their children out of their “every day” normal in order to give them adequate opportunity to make it in life.
The death of Khalil really throw off Starr and her family and the fact that the media has already branded him as a drug dealer and a thug made it worse for them. Starr kept the information from her friends at school because that would be exposing them to a part of her life she has tried to keep a secret. It however, made her more on edge and her tolerance level very low causing her to lash out on the simplest of things.
Starr and her family are a typical family which experience ups and downs but they know how to stick together and give each other the support needed.
A well written, thought provoking book which brings to the forefront, things that today, are still happening. #policebrutality #underprivilegedpersonssufferthemostinlife
Kudos to Angie Thomas on her debut novel. I hope she can continue writing books just as excellent.
Like Starr, I await the day Oprah comes to Jamaica and say “you get a car, you get a car, you get a car”.
I love this book and wish it was free. Make it free for my sake
This book helps readers see a possible different point of view, while teaching us something at the same time
This book was magnificent, I absolutely adored it and made way to watch the movie. The Hate U Give or T.H.U.G. Is wonderful and causes you to cry, smile, and giggle. This is by far my favorite book ever written, tying only with Percy Jackson. I love how this book makes you feel while reading it, it’s a mistake with lots of regret not to read it!