4.6
Teens & Young Adult
8 starred reviews · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best · William C. Morris Award Winner · National Book Award Longlist · Printz Honor Book · Coretta Scott King Honor Book · #1 New York Times Bestseller!
""Absolutely riveting!"" —Jason Reynolds
""Stunning."" —John Green
""This story is necessary. This story is important."" —Kirkus (starred review)
""Heartbreakingly topical."" —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
""A marvel of verisimilitude."" —Booklist (starred review)
""A powerful, in-your-face novel."" —Horn Book (starred review)
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.
And don't miss On the Come Up, Angie Thomas's powerful follow-up to The Hate U Give.
Want more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Seven’s story in Concrete Rose, ngie Thomas's powerful prequel to The Hate U Give.
© 2017 Balzer + Bray (Audiobook): 9780062677082
Release date
Audiobook: 28 February 2017
4.6
Teens & Young Adult
8 starred reviews · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best · William C. Morris Award Winner · National Book Award Longlist · Printz Honor Book · Coretta Scott King Honor Book · #1 New York Times Bestseller!
""Absolutely riveting!"" —Jason Reynolds
""Stunning."" —John Green
""This story is necessary. This story is important."" —Kirkus (starred review)
""Heartbreakingly topical."" —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
""A marvel of verisimilitude."" —Booklist (starred review)
""A powerful, in-your-face novel."" —Horn Book (starred review)
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.
And don't miss On the Come Up, Angie Thomas's powerful follow-up to The Hate U Give.
Want more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Seven’s story in Concrete Rose, ngie Thomas's powerful prequel to The Hate U Give.
© 2017 Balzer + Bray (Audiobook): 9780062677082
Release date
Audiobook: 28 February 2017
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Nona
12 Jun 2021
First, let's just have a moment to discuss Angie Thomas's writing style! I was in complete immersion. I didn't feel bored for a second, not once. I didn't wanted to stop reading, the flow was pure perfection, the characters were unapologetically real, the situations weren't made pretty to appease us readers, and that's the beauty of stories written by own voices.I was emotional throughout this entire reading experience, crying and laughing with them, feeling sad and outraged and happy for them, this doesn't happen a lot. Not to me at leastI planned to read this book last month but I had enough of audiobooks for that moment, and decided to postpone listening to this one knowing I'll probably exclusively read via audiobooks in Ramadan.In the wake of the murder of yet another black man in 2021 by the police in america, this read weighed heavy on me.This is a story about police brutality, and systemic racism. But it's also a story about family, friendship, survival and love.
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