Khalil’s killing quickly becomes a national headline some call Khalil’s character into question while others protest in his name. A white police officer shoots and kills her best friend Khalil and Starr is the sole witness to the shooting. The Hate U Give – often shortened to THUG, is the story of Starr Carter, a black teenager finding her way in two very distinct worlds: the streets of the poverty-stricken neighborhood she lives in and the halls of the suburban prep school in the “good” part of town that she attends. In rather less exciting news, The Hate U Give has been banned from the Katy Independent School District in Texas. It’s even been optioned for film adaptation. It made the longlist for the National Book Award for young people’s literature and was the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner for fiction. It nabbed the number one spot on the New York Times list for young adult best-sellers and has enjoyed a comfortable 38 week stay on that list to date. Her debut novel The Hate U Givedebuted to widespread critical acclaim.
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