The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

I have truly been having a run of good luck with the books I’ve picked up lately…seriously…!!  If you are looking for something that’s a little more controversial and that touches on a very current topic then this is the book you need to get hold of RIGHT NOW!!!  This book came up on my Kindle feed as ‘recommended’.  Usually, I’m quite offended that Kindle seems to think it knows my reading tastes so well (after all, I always considered myself to have a rather eclectic taste in books), alas, this time, I have to concede…Kindle was right?

Rather than give too much away, I will regurgitate the blurb from Goodreads:

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.

Make sure you read some of the readers thoughts on the book too…

I give this book FOUR COFFEE CUPS ☕☕☕☕