The Hate U Give six-chapter sample

by Angie Thomas

Read an exclusive six-chapter sample of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller The Hate U Give – the book everyone's talking about.

Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed.

Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice. Movie rights have been sold to Fox, with Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games) to star.

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult

99 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 13, 2017

About the author

Angie Thomas was born, raised, and still resides in Jackson, Mississippi as indicated by her accent. She is a former teen rapper whose greatest accomplishment was an article about her in Right-On Magazine with a picture included. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Belhaven University and an unofficial degree in Hip Hop. She can also still rap if needed. She is an inaugural winner of the Walter Dean Meyers Grant 2015, awarded by We Need Diverse Books. Her debut novel, The Hate U Give, was acquired by Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins in a 13-house auction and will be published in spring 2017. Film rights have been optioned by Fox 2000 with George Tillman attached to direct and Hunger Games actress Amandla Stenberg set to star.

Reviews

[Bookread2day · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written. The story and characters were very believable. A heartbreaking story.
Starr and Kenya went to a house party hosted by a guy named Darius. Khakil who Starr had known since she was three turned up at the party. A fight occurred at the party so Khalil and Starr left together in his car. A cop pulled Khalil over and forced him out of his car. Khalil was patted down which the cop found nothing, the officer went to check his license & registration. Khalil open the driver's side door & pow pow pow the cop shot him. It appeared that sixteen year old Khalil was shot dead because he was a sixteen year old black boy. Full of praise for Angie Thomas. A different novel for readers that I highly recommend to read.

[Natalia · Rating 5 out of 5]

every single person that doesn't understand the #BlackLivesMatter movement, hell, every person in this world should read this book. That is all.

[Capricious_Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book needs to be added to the list of mandatory reading in schools. What a read. Gritty. Gut-wrenching. Her characters were more than believable. I can't say enough about this book.

[Bengtsson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Americans are not known to be the smartest and most educated people on earth, but surely even they understand that racism is wrong even if its perpetrated by black people. I give this book 2 stars because it’s not a bad read but I found it shockingly racist and I can’t believe that some reviewer would go as far as calling it educational.

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Starr Carter is a 16-year-old black girl who lives in the fictional, mostly poor black neighborhood of Garden Heights, but attends an affluent, predominantly white private school, Williamson Prep. After the police break up a party Starr is attending one weekend, Starr is driven home by her childhood best friend, Khalil. On the way home, (p27)they are stopped by a white police officer. The officer has Khalil, who is black, exit the car; while outside the car, Khalil re-opens the driver-side door to check in on Starr. The officer fires three shots into Khalil, killing him- thinking he was reaching for a gun.

Khalil's death becomes a major national news story. The media portrays Khalil as a gang banger and drug dealer, while more favorably portraying the white officer who killed him. Starr's identity as the witness is initially kept secret from just about everyone outside Starr's family, even her younger brother Sekani – leaving Starr's two best friends, Hailey Grant and Maya Yang, and Starr's white boyfriend, Chris, who all attend Williamson Prep together, all unaware of Starr's connection to the news story. Having to keep this secret weighs on Starr, as does her need to keep her Williamson and Garden Heights personas separate. Starr's struggles with her identity are further complicated after her mother Lisa leaves her job as a nurse in a Garden Heights clinic for a high-paying hospital job and the family moves out of the neighborhood.

Starr agrees to be interviewed by two detectives about the shooting after being encouraged by her Uncle Carlos, who is also a detective. Carlos was a father figure to Starr when her father, Maverick, spent three years in prison for gang activity. Following his release, Maverick leaves the gang and becomes owner of the Garden Heights grocery store where Starr and her half-brother Seven work. Maverick was only allowed to leave his gang, the King Lords, because he admitted to a crime even though he was innocent; this kept gang leader King from being locked up. King, widely feared in the neighborhood, now lives with Seven's mother and Seven's half-sister Kenya, who is friends with Starr.

After a grand jury fails to indict the white officer, Garden Heights erupts into both peaceful protests and riots. The failure of the criminal justice system to hold the officer accountable pushes Starr to take an increasingly public role, first giving an interview and then speaking out during the protests, which are met by police in riot gear. Her increasing identification with the people of Garden Heights causes tension with Starr's friends and especially with her boyfriend Chris. By the end of the novel, Starr and Maya have started standing up to Hailey's racist comments and Chris remains supportive of Starr.

The climax of the novel occurs during the riot following the grand jury results. Starr, Chris, Seven, and DeVante, a member of the King Lords who Maverick helps to escape the gang by having DeVante live with Carlos, successfully defend Maverick's store from King. The neighborhood stands up to King and thanks to testimony by DeVante, King is arrested and expected to be imprisoned for a long time. Starr promises to keep Khalil's memory alive and to continue her advocacy against injustice." Wikipedia

[Cas ♛ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I CAN'T BREATHE. This book is every thing I expected and more. I can't stress how much THIS BOOK NEEDS TO BE READ. The messages written here are so so so important and it's really distressing how realistic the events told of in this story are, and too many people are in similar situations as Starr which is horrible.

Read my full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[مُنيرة · Rating 5 out of 5]

الكتاب جميل قليل عليه ، طريقة الكتابة تحفة وسهلة للمبتدئين بعد ،طريقة شرحها للصراع بين العرقين و انه العرق الزنجي هُم الملامون كأنهم ولدوا ليصبحوا مجرمين ، تفاصيل الأحداث تشوق راح تواريك مشاعر الغضب والفرح وكل شي و اهم شي عجبني بالكتاب كيف الشخصية الرئسية ستار متمسكة مع عائلتها و كيف محبة عائلتها تطغي على كل شي

[Jennifer Ging · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this on the recommendation of a friend following a discussion that we were having about how to make the curriculum in our, predominantly white British, school more diverse.
The book, for me, was a real learning process- what I thought I knew about racism in society is just the top of a deeply-toxic iceberg as it turns out. It is something that I have sought to educate myself on for years and this book does serve to show how deeply entrenched the issues still are. I have taught black students who have exhaustively tried to make their white peers understand that racism exists everywhere- to little real, tangible impact, in truth. As a society, the vast majority of us may be sympathetic and genuinely appalled by headline featured stories of police brutality towards the black community, such as in the case of George Floyd, but I would argue that a lot of people will never truly ‘get it’ in terms of understanding the primal fear (ingrained in Starr and her recital of ‘how to behave’) of being a black person pulled over by a white police officer. And then there’s what *could* (and,in the book’s case, does) come after that.
Learning about the horrific acts of violence (murder, to call it by name) committed against Emmett Till and Oscar Grant (amongst others) again added an extra layer of context that I didn’t know- this book does that well in that it encourages the reader to jump straight to a search engine to look up the cases mentioned by Starr.
With an eye on how we could bring this into school, I found myself falling into the trap that THUG holds a mirror up to- thinking things like ‘oh, the students might get upset about that’, ‘we wouldn’t want them knowing this’, ‘they might be a bit shocked by…’, ‘this wouldn’t reflect their backgrounds…’, ‘would they consider that casual racism?’ and then checking myself by realising that that is entirely the point of the book. That, before we know it, we’re all potential ‘Haileys’.
The ugly online racist trolling of the England football team a couple of weeks back shows that there is so much more to be done to support the Black Lives Matter movement and this book would certainly enhance our students understanding of the need for it. A powerful, unforgettable and educative read.

[Silja C · Rating 3 out of 5]

UGH I watched the movie first and now I’m SOOO disapointed that the book didn’t include Sekanis gun scene at the end. I feel like that really tied the whole movie together

[Heather Hilbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captivating, thoughtful and easy read. So many can relate to this story of loss, fear and finding our voices.

[Martha.O.S · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really great read, a well-told story and so relevant in light of all the recent rioting in Charlottesville. Though pitched at young adults, it should be read also by older adults as it gives such a clear picture of what it is like to grow up in a poor "ghetto" neighbourhood, with frequent gangland shootings and rampant drug dealing. It also teaches many valuable lessons, such as seeing our voices as our greatest weapons and continuing to do right even when things go wrong.

The story centres around Starr, a sassy 16-year old black girl who lives in a poor, mainly black neighbourhood but attends a posh, predominantly white school in a different area. She adopts two separate identities and has a different set of friends in each place. The two abruptly collide when her best friend Khalil is shot by a police officer and Starr is the sole witness to this unprovoked crime. What she says or does not say in light of this traumatic event will have far-reaching consequences, not only for herself but for the entire community.

I really enjoyed the book because it was so real: the characters were flawed and human, the language was colloquial and spirited and the plot was compelling and fast-moving all the way through. Starr is a great character, quick-witted and feisty, and her family, though not perfect, are steering their own lives and their children's in the right direction. Her father, Big Mac, is an ex-convict, but because he has lived in the dark side, he is more determined than many to get his life back on track and is a very whole and well-rounded character. Her mother, Lisa, a highly capable woman, full of wisdom and love, doesn't take any messing from her kids or anybody, but her humanity and non-judgement make her a wonderful role model. I took many of her life lessons and maxims as well as Starr! Starr eventually comes to learn the value of using her voice to effect change and the merging of her two identities help her to become more real, so that as well as seeing the truth, she can live the truth.

There was a wide range of characters, perhaps a few too many for the breadth of the story, but each had a role in bringing certain issues to light. One such character, Khalil's mother Brenda, is important for her part in Khalil's involvement in crime, but is not followed through, which I found a little disappointing.

Overall though, it was an excellent and memorable book, with a great story told with emotion, both heartbreaking and humorous.

[Puja Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

//TW: Death, Violence
The Hate U Give is a wonderful book, highlighting the past and present circumstances, which every black person in the US faces. Although the discriminatory practices are no longer very evident, everyone must thrive to bring about a change in each and every phase of their lives.

Summary: The story revolves around Starr, a black girl who saw two of her best friends, Khalil and Natasha die in front of her eyes. Natasha, when she was around ten and Khalil, when she's sixteen. Khalil's death gives Starr the opportunity to speak up against the various stereotypical ways in which black people are seen and treated.
By the end of the book, we get to see an entirely different side of Starr, who had learnt to raise her voice, speak up for herself and her community, show both the sides of the story. As a witness of the event, she did all that was possible for a sixteen year old to do under those circumstances.

I love how Angie Thomas describes THUG LIFE, as an acronym, The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody. The book consists of a perfect example which encourages the people engaged in the BLM protests.

[Cathy Onufry · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Hate U Give was an incredibly insightful and well written story. Unfortunately the events that occurred could and have happened today in the climate we are living. The author Angie Thomas told the story in the first person of the main character Starr. In her voice you learn about the situation she lives in, the people she loves in her huge extended family and the others that have an influence in her life. I think this is a wonderful book and I would highly recommend it. Not too often I give a book 5 stars.

[Mahat · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great novel tackling police brutality and racism. i genuinely admired this book so much and it gave me a whole different perspective about the black community and everything they have dealt with for decades .. the book isn’t a real story but it is upsetting that it might as well be, it took me back to how i was feeling in may of 2020 and it was unbearable, couldn’t imagine what it was like for BIPOC.
a great read, would recommend.

[astrid]

While the whole topic and its injustice and controversy are intriguing, I did not like the main character and found her reasoning (and obsessions about shoes) irritating. I don't know whether I'll buy the whole book.
But even the short sampler shows that racism is a huge problem in this world and that it goes both ways, even though minorities do suffer most in the end.

[Jennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading this book, I realized racism exists in every corner of the world, how we tend to take someone's life so lightly because the person is bad in our eyes, and how we consciously and unconsciously act on our beliefs which is hurtful to other person and yet we think it's okay. And yet we remain silent. This book was an eye-opener even though I live in a different corner of the world.

[Andi Gaywood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read my full book reviee

[Justsayfitz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whoever you are, please read this book! It will make you laugh out loud, see a different world, understand that part of the world better, warm up your compassionate heart and allow your soul to grow

[Sinamile · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cannot wait to read the rest of this book!!

[Synthia Salomon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Khalil

Fast-forward six years. Starr is at a Garden Heights party with her friend, Kenya. It’s her first party and she’s like a fish out of water. It’s because she spends so much time with those bougie white kids, Kenya teases. When Kenya leaves her alone, Starr tries to play it cool and tries to hide how awkward she’s feeling by acting like she’s busy on her phone.

In Garden Heights, she’s invisible. It’s hard to know folks when you’re a latchkey kid who goes to school across town and they only see packing groceries at the store. Williamson’s different. Being Black at an almost all-white school makes her cool by default. Funny how it works with white kids, she thinks: being Black is dope until it’s hard. But fitting in at school isn’t easy either. Williamson Starr flips a switch in her brain. She doesn’t use slang. If a rapper would say it, she doesn’t, even if her white friends do. She doesn’t give anyone side-eyes. She holds her tongue. Basically, she makes sure no one ever has a reason to call her “ghetto.”

She’s still pretending to read messages on her phone when Khalil taps her on the shoulder.

There was a time when she felt at home in Garden Heights and Khalil was part of that. They came up together. Daddy was still in prison and Momma worked overtime, so Khalil’s grandmother looked after them. With Natasha, they were an inseparable trio. After Natasha’s death, things changed. His grandmother was too old to care for him, so he went back to his drug-addicted mother. He had to fend for himself and his brothers. He worked at Daddy’s store for a bit, but it wasn’t enough to feed a family. Khalil quit – and disappeared from Starr’s life.

Khalil has the same dimples and hazel eyes, but he’s different. It’s not just the expensive sneakers and jewelry – it’s how he’s at ease in this room full of wannabe and real gangsters. Half-guessing the answer, Starr asks him what he’s doing now, but he dodges the question.

Suddenly, a gun goes off. There’s screaming and stampeding. Khalil grabs Starr and leads her to his car out front. They screech off, leaving the chaos behind. “Can’t have a party without somebody getting shot,” Khalil says, sounding like Starr’s parents.

Conversation flows more easily in the car. When he starts dissecting the lyrics of the Tupac song playing on the radio, Starr catches a glimpse of her old friend – Khalil the poet-philosopher. She asks him if he’s dealing. Khalil dodges again. All he says is that he got tired of choosing between food and paying bills every month. They change the subject and reminisce about earlier times. Childhood. Natasha.

Then they hear it: the whoop-whoop of the police car behind them. Daddy’s words echo in Starr’s mind. She hopes someone also had that talk with Khalil.

Khalil stops; the cop walks toward them. Starr asks Khalil if they’re looking for him. He says his only crime is driving while Black. The cop raps on the window, his other hand hovering over his still-holstered Glock 22. Khalil hands over his papers and license like he’s told to, but he talks back. If there’s a problem with my tail light, he tells the cop, write me a ticket. Starr pleads with him to be quiet. The cop’s angry now. He orders Khalil out of the car. Starr makes out his badge number – one-fifteen – and gets a look at his face. He’s white, around 35, with a brown buzz cut and a scar over his lip. He frisks Khalil three times. Nothing. He yells at Khalil to stay put and walks back to his car. Khalil opens the driver’s door. He’s halfway through asking Starr if she’s okay when it happens.

Bang. Bang. Bang. 

Blood splatters across the windshield. Khalil slumps to the floor. Starr is at his side, cradling him, the cop’s gun now trained on her. That’s how they stay until more cars with flashing lights arrive. More cops; an ambulance. It’s too late: Khalil is dead.

ANALYSIS

A rich seam of empathy for adolescents trying to find their place in the world runs through Thomas’s novel. Their struggle is universal – part and parcel of growing up and finding out who you are. If that process is necessarily fraught and often painful, it’s especially grueling for Black adolescents. The Hate U Give shows us an America that refuses to allow its Black children to work out their identities in peace. Racism frustrates their development and thwarts their individuation. Nor does it tolerate contradiction. We already see how Starr’s attempt to straddle different worlds is threatened by a society that flattens the complexity of her character into a single point – her Blackness.

Starr is caught in this America’s crossfire – literally and figuratively. Its violence has robbed her of one childhood friend; in the novel’s second act, it robs her of another and forces her to confront her identity on its terms.

[Husna Shaban · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Publishing Info: November 2018 by Walker Books, Special Collector’s Edition (first published 2017)

Pages: 480

Star Rating: 5/5

Back Cover Summary:

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.

The Hate U Give is an outstanding and powerful novel. I bought this book last year but I don’t read much contemporary. Fantasy and science fiction are much more my thing. So even though I’d heard so much about it, I still hadn’t read it months after buying it. Then, two weeks ago, George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer in the US, and Black Lives Matter protests started up all around America and in other countries too. This prompted me to finally pick up The Hate U Give, and I’m really glad I did.

As a white person, I can’t possibly imagine what it is like to experience racism and live in fear of the police in the way that black people do. But in The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas put me right in Starr’s shoes. I felt her fear, her pain, her sadness, her frustrations. Reading articles and non-fiction is a great way to learn, but fiction can be so impactful. It can really place you in someone else’s shoes and show you what their experience is like. Not only does it show police violence and the injustices of the American justice system, but it also provides an insight into day-to-day racism and microaggressions that black people sadly have to live with.

Starr is a brilliant character and I loved reading her and Khalil’s story. This is a book about a young woman who has witnessed a terrible crime and who finds her voice to stand against racism. Starr grows so much over the course of the book. At first, she is afraid. She witnessed the death of her best friend and she goes through so much dealing with what she witnessed and she’s afraid of the repercussions of speaking up. But she’s also angry with the way Khalil is being talked about by people and portrayed by the media, and angry that Khalil’s murderer could escape justice. Alongside this are Starr’s relationships with her family, friends and boyfriend, which are masterfully woven through the novel. I loved every character and loved seeing her family interact. This book is full of so much emotion and heart.

The Hate U Give is well-written, well-paced and has so many brilliant characters. While reading it I laughed, I cried, I screamed at the injustice. All the elements that make a great book just come together perfectly. I had no hesitation giving it 5 stars. This is one of those books that will stay with me forever. It’s important because of the subject matter it tackles so well, but also because it’s just such a good book. I really think this is a rare, flawless novel. Although it’s about police brutality, it’s also full of love and hope. The Hate U Give is a book that everyone should read.

[Melina Blackwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Hate U Give, is a young adult novel. This book is a narrative, written in the first person. Angie Thomas, a New York Times best -selling author, is the writer of the book. This is a powerful story about the challenges associated with race and police brutality. The book is about a sixteen- year old, African American girl, named Starr Carter.

Starr is emotionally torn by trying to function between two social classes. Starr attends a private High school which is in a high-class area and she lives in a very poor community called Garden Heights. Starr feels most at home in her Garden Heights community. This is where she can be her true self and not pretend to be someone else. Starr feels she has to hide most of her feelings about herself at her private high school.

The book begins with Starr and her childhood friend Khalil who see each other at a house party. Suddenly, shots are fired at the party and Starr and Khalil flee the scene. As they are driving away from the party, they are pulled over by a police officer. Due to a misunderstanding on part of the police officer, Khalil is shot and killed.

After the incident Starr is faced with the decision whether to remain quiet or speak up. She feels that her father named her Starr for a reason. She needs to shine bright and let her voice be heard. Starr is the only witness who knows how Khalil died. Starr feels divided between two social realms, her Garden Heights neighborhood and her private high school. Starr needs to make a decision about her testimony.

I really appreciated the author’s passion in writing about the sensitive subject of diversity. I also enjoyed how ‘Thomas’ captivates the reader by the use of descriptive language. The author leaves the reader wanting to learn more about the main character, Starr.

As an educator I need to implement teaching strategies for discussion topics that deal with race in the classroom. This book will allow my students to benefit from discussions to effectively address diversity in the classroom. It will allow me as a teacher to confront the issues of race and racism. In the safe environment of the classroom the discussion of this book will allow students to connect with other cultures and life- styles.
I would give The Hate U Give a five- star rating because it clarifies issues associated with race, ethnicity, and police brutality as they exist in our world today.

[Madelyn Hoinowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

¨The Hate U Give¨ Not the Hate U Get
The book everyone is talking about, The Hate U Give. The Hate U Give is a story about a 16 year old girl named Starr. Starr lives where she was born and raised in a poor neighborhood where everyone is close and helps each other if needed. However it is not the safest area to live. In addition she is black and as seen in the story her and her friends get mistreated, believed to be because they are black and all the black stereotypes. After the mistreatment of one of Starrs' really close friends, which goes all over the news, the town decides to speak up and they make a statement.

The events in the book can and have occurred today in the current world we live in. This is a great book to be read by young adults, as it is focused towards young adults, but is also a great read for older adults as well. The book describes how life is living in a poor neighborhood that some may consider or be described as ¨ghetto¨, and involves the subject of shootings and even drug dealing. In addition, the book teaches many valuable lessons, such as, recognizing our voices as our biggest weapons, speaking up even if others are against you, and always continue to do what is right even when things go wrong. In The Hate U Give Thomas, the author, said “What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”, and I think this directly relates to the themes she put the spotlight on through the book(page 252).

I really enjoyed reading The Hate U Give. I feel like it was a very modern style book, whereas the wording and the way it was written was how a teenager would think and or talk in today's society. Therefore understanding and following along was fairly easy. The author, Angie Thomas, did an amazing job of introducing characters into the story so there was little to no confusion about who did what throughout the book. I think it can definitely be related to the Black Lives Matter movement today. Thomas also did a great job of working themes into the story and making it relevant to today and issues in today's world.

[Pauline · Rating 5 out of 5]

“The hate you give” from Angie Thomas a great book with lots of good elements. When you start reading, you want to finish the book right away. The writing style ensures that you are directly confronted with the subject and that your attention is drawn. Definitely, a book that is worth reading it!
First of all, for me, the message of the book is extremely catchy. It is written in such a way that you get dragged into the story and you can easily identify yourself with the main character. Also, the reaction and the injustice towards black people is something that is still very recognizable. This is exactly what I like about the book: it is fictional while being also contemporary. Unfortunately, in the story, it is or black or white with a few grey zones. The characters are therefore rather stereotypes than real people.
Besides that, it's not a difficult book to read. The use of the language makes it exciting and wants you to continue. The overall writing style is fairly direct. The idea of the writer to start immediately in the head of the battle is according to me a very good approach as it sets the scene from the beginning and as a reader, you are immediately confronted with the hard life of a world full of racism.
The book is one of my favorites. It is clearly written and is easily accessible. There is some tension and it has a love story. This combination makes it very pleasant to read. It is highly recommended to read if you like novels with a solid, catchy and contemporary subject.

[Wyatt Webster · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a 9/10. The book is about a 16-year-old girl named Starr Carter. She is living a life, being from a poor neighborhood, but going to a rich prep school. Her life was good enough till the day her childhood friend was shot and killed by a police officer. The killing was spread nationwide. People protested in the streets to defend Khalil’s name, because people were calling him a drug dealer, a thug, and more. She was just trying to get away from it all. Angie Thomas was trying to show the of the world that has race-based injustice. The other thing she wanted the readers' to learn was finding hope in a time when thing seems grim. She wanted teenagers and young adults to read this book. The author’s argument about racial injustice is supported in the book by the fact of how people took the death of Khalil. People called him a thug, a drug dealer, and a gang banger. Also, the fact that the police officer who shot him was white, but got defended. Angie Thomas wrote an amazing book, that has some very conservation things in modern time. Writing about racial injustice is not easy. This book reminds me a lot of other books and movies about racial injustice. One example of a movie I love is Remember the Titans, which is about racial injustice in football. Normally, I would have not read this book just because of the cover and title, but after reading the book for a bit it got interesting. I don’t read books often, and I will say this book was amazing to read. If I could give it a 4.5 I would, but I can’t.

[Serafina (tigerslesebar) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Das Buch hat mich schon von Anfang an interessiert, da es einen wichtigen Einblick in das Leben anderer Menschen gibt. Die Geschichte spricht so viele wichtige Themen an, wie Polizeibrutalität in den USA, wie dunkelhäutige Menschen dort behandelt werden und wie schnell Vorurteile dabei entstehen.

Ich habe das Buch auf Englisch gelesen und ich finde es auch extrem spannend in linguistischer Sicht, wie die Menschen miteinander sprechen. Der Slang kommt wirklich nur rüber, wenn man es in der englischer Sprache liest.

Ich konnte das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen, da die Handlung so traurig und krass war. Es hat einem wirklich vor Augen gehalten, was heutzutage in den USA und auch sonst auf der Welt immer noch passiert. Der Rassismus und die Fremdenfeindlichkeit, welchen gewissen Leuten entgegengebracht werden, sind einfach furchtbar. Viele sind es vielleicht nicht bewusst, was das Gegenüber verletzten könnte und machen einfach weiter. Dieses Buch weist darauf hin und zwar sehr realistisch und hart. Jeder sollte dieses Buch lesen und danach über sich selbst und seine Handlungen nachdenken.

Jeder trägt zu der Gesellschaft bei. In dieser Geschichte wird auch gezeigt, egal von welcher Hautfarbe man ist, man kann sich falsch verhalten und sollte dies ändern.

Bitte liest dieses wundervolle und tragische Buch. Es kommt nicht nur eine mega Geschichte auf euch zu, ihr werdet zudem auch noch etwas über eine (mir) fremde Kultur erfahren.

[Theo Quaillet · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fascinating with exciting stories and experiences around every page. ‘The Hate U Give’ is about various themes including racism, abuse and school. This book will capture your imagination and will keep you hooked like a fishing rod!

The book is about 16 year old Starr who lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and a posh white school in the suburbs. Starr has developed a two faced personality to fit in however wishes she could be treated the same as everyone else. No matter her background. No matter her age. No matter her wealth.

The story begins with Starr's best friend Khalil being shot by a police officer because of his ethnicity. Star then tries effortlessly to fight the unjust prejudice of the world and to get her voice heard.

‘The Hate U Give’ is targeted to young adults because of the mature topics yet simplistic writing. It also relates with experiences and problems that teenagers face.

What I enjoyed most about the book was the conflict between gangs, school and Starr's family. This fascinated me because it shows the different experiences people go through. I also enjoyed the different personalities for the characters since they are all different yet relatable.

This is one of my most favourite books I have ever read and I 100% recommend it to readers. It is relatable. It is passionate. It is simply amazing.I loved it and you’ll love it.

[Ashley Calderon · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Black Lives Matter Movement is probably one of the most well-known social justice movement organizations out there. This book makes you very aware of that and police brutality as Starr witnesses her black friend Khalil, who was not a threat, being shot multiple times by a white cop. The flashbacks Angie Thomas provide gives you background information on Natasha who used to be her best friend until she was killed during a drive by. She manages to connect Starr’s experience with Natasha to what just happen to Khalil. It all helps slow down the book and keeps you reading. Although it does take quite a bit of time for Starr to try and get justice, you get enough insight on her feelings and her understanding on the whole situation to continue reading for the possibility of justice. Angie Thomas uses very simple language that makes it easy for everyone to read which I personally believe helps the story go by somewhat faster because you aren’t thinking of what something could mean for too long and it allows you to move on to the next part of the novel with the knowledge you need to understand the rest of the book. The book itself brings great awareness to real world problems and has wonderful messages on how to act against these problems. Managing through 437 pages might be your only struggle but it has a very significant theme of achieving justice.

[Brittney · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a fulfilling story about a young African American boy getting shot and his young friend telling his story. The book, The Hate U Give starts off with an introduction to Starr at a house party that she was dragged to by her friend Kenya, where later on she witnesses her friend Khalil get shot by a police officer. I personally find this book to be an eye-opener as it unravels the racial inequality Khalil faces after his death. The authors pace of the story in the beginning is home hitting and fast pace as its packed from cover to cover with details as the story unravels quickly, the story then submerges into a different lane and speed as the author carries out each part of the story in detail slowly for the reader to critically understand each part carefully. The story does tend to get boring when Starr continues to battle with herself about her friend’s shooting being all her fault which gravitate to make it boring, but the author quickly grabs from that and picks it back up into high rate by showing the true colors of many people that were supposed to be loyal. The author had an incredible good start and very great ending.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

More books like this! The demographic of who is reading this also needs to broaden if it did the change that could come from it the understanding.
Starr like all of us at one point knows she should use her voice but is scared in part to do so worried of others perceptions of her but I welcomed her voice.
The idea that it’s ok to shoot and kill someone because you think they have or because the colour of their skin with fact people make excuses and say well this person did xyz that does not give the police the right to kill someone in cold blood. The way in this book people are silenced rings true in real life people think of the problem not why and how to stop it. I wonder if people who can make the difference have read this book if not they should. We seldom know what’s happening in another persons life without walking in their shoes I think we forget that this book brings that home heartbreaking yet powerful and quite triumphant for Starr’s voice most in younger years are told you have a voice use it how true that statement is throughout life.