Scott reviewed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
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4 stars
Great characters
Hardcover, 531 pages
English language
Published Dec. 30, 2018 by Thorndike Press.
5 stars
(4 reviews)
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves be- tween two worlds: the poor neighborhood she lives in and the suburban prep school she attends. That uneasy balance is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend by a police officer. Khalil was unarmed, and soon his death is a national headline. Some call him a thug. Others take to the streets in Khalil's name. Everyone wants to know what really went down that night. Only one person can answer that. But what Starr says could up ending her community — and endanger her life.
Aaron reviewed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give
5 stars
Absolutely stunning novel that has lost none of its power or urgency this many years after publication. Thomas has crafted a tale that completely holds the reader's attention, and the characters are fully three-dimensional and still manage to surprise the reader. The main character, Starr, goes through some heart-wrenching and painful experiences, and wanting to know how she would handle all that life was throwing at her kept me turning the pages. She demonstrates incredible bravery, and is open and honest about the code-switching dictated by the different parts of her life. The book is bracing and direct about the impact of police brutality on families, witnesses, and neighborhoods like. An astonishing work; the people trying to ban this book should be ashamed of themselves.
Subjects
- Witnesses
- Race relations
- African Americans
- Large type books
- Police shootings
- Racism
- Fiction