The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a powerful coming-of-age novel about Starr Carter, a 16-year-old girl who lives in a poor, predominantly Black neighborhood but attends an elite, mostly white prep school SparkNotes. Her life shatters when she witnesses a white police officer fatally shoot her unarmed childhood best friend, Khalil, forcing her to find her voice amid national media scrutiny, protests, and systemic injustice Angie Thomas.
