The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Thomas, Angie

The Hate U Give

453 pp. | HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray | February, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-249853-3 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-249855-7

(1) YA African American sixteen-year-old Starr Carter lives a life caught between her rough, predominantly black neighborhood and the "proper," predominantly white prep school she attends. This precarious balance is broken when Starr witnesses the shooting of her (unarmed) childhood friend Khalil by a police officer. Debut author Thomas is adept at capturing the voices of multiple characters in her powerful, in-your-face novel.

Reviewer: Eboni Njoku | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2017