The hate u give / Angie Thomas ; [foreword by Amandla Stenberg]
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TextEdition: First paperback editionDescription: 444 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 0062498541; 9780062498540Other title: Hate you giveSubject(s): African American teenagers -- Fiction | African American high school students -- Juvenile fiction | Racism against Black people -- United States -- Juvenile fiction | Witnesses -- United States -- Fiction | Police shootings -- United States -- Fiction | Police-community relations -- United States -- Fiction | Race relations -- Fiction | African American families -- Juvenile fiction | Young adult fictionDDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3621.H62462 | H38 2022Summary: "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"--
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/THOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 06/04/2024 | 39844500066388 |
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Includes Racism & anti-racism background information, discussion questions, action prompts
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"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"--
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