Though Thomas’s story is heartbreakingly topical, its greatest strength is in its authentic depiction of a teenage girl, her loving family, and her attempts to reconcile what she knows to be true about their lives with the way those lives are depicted-and completely undervalued-by society at large. It draws conclusions about the necessity of finding and then using one’s voice in support of that struggle. Starr’s voice commands attention from page one, a conflicted but clear-eyed lens through which debut author Thomas examines Khalil’s killing, casual racism at Williamson, and Starr’s strained relationship with her white boyfriend. Angie Thomas's 2017 debut novel, The Hate U Give, is a powerful and moving story that explores themes of racism, police brutality, and the struggle for justice and equality.
An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062498533 can be found h. That version of herself-“Williamson Starr”-“doesn’t give anyone a reason to call her ghetto.” She’s already wrestling with what Du Bois called “double consciousness” when she accepts a ride home from Khalil, a childhood friend, who is then pulled over and shot dead by a white cop. Read 70,840 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. The way dialogue is written is particularly effective and realistic. The serious subject matter is balanced by a lot of humour and really engaging style of writing. Angie Thomas's YA debut The Hate U Give, inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, has generated a ton of buzz, and EW is thrilled to exclusively reveal the cover and an excerpt. But at Williamson Prep, where she’s among a handful of black students, she can’t be herself either: no slang, no anger, no attitude. A very well-written book, telling the story of a teenage girl who witnesses the shooting of a childhood friend. At home in a neighborhood riven with gang strife, Starr Carter, 16, is both the grocer’s daughter and an outsider, because she attends private school many miles away.
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