The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. (Clarion Books, 28 February 2017).
Angie Thomas' debut novel was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.
It's the story of sixteen-year-old Starr Carter, who 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.
The Hate U Give won the William C. Morris Award, and was a Printz Honor book as well as a Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
The Hate U Give was banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda.
To see the Unite Against Book Bans book resume for The Hate U Give, click here.
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