Format: Hardcover

Condition: New

Product dimensions: 464 pages, 8.25 X 5.5 X 1.41 in

Publishing Info: HarperCollins, 2017

Language: English

ISBN: 9780062498533

 

National Book Award Longlist,  Coretta Scott King Honor Book, #1 New York Times Bestseller.

 

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.

 

About the author:

Angie Thomas is the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the novels The Hate U Give and On the Come Up, as well as Find Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth. A former teen rapper who holds a BFA in creative writing, Angie was born, raised, and still resides in Mississippi. You can find her online at www.angiethomas.com

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