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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
I firmly believe this is one of the best contemporary books I have ever read. Everyone should read this book.
Angie Thomas has created a masterpiece of a character in Starr Carter. The reader sees Starr walk the line between her two worlds (her neighborhood and her private school), keeping these two halves of herself mostly separate. Then Starr's friend Kahlil is murdered by a cop and Starr has to choose safe anonymity, which feels like denying her friend, or speaking up and risking her two worlds colliding into each other.
Anyone who has ever been curious about the Black Power or Black Lives Matter movements should read this book. It isn't an explanation of either movement, but it is an excellent entryway. This book does an excellent job of showing the reasoning behind why some deal drugs and behind rioting while showing the devastating effects of both. Don't be afraid of this book. It will make you think and it will make you feel, but you'll come away better for it.
Due to the language, as a teacher, I'd put this book at 14+. I let some of my more mature 8th graders check it out. I feel more comfortable with parental permission slips for this one. I still book talk it to EVERYONE because this book is so timely and necessary to help bridge one of the larger gaps in our country.
The ending of this book gave me chills and the list of 14 young black people killed by police and "vigilante" brutality had me sobbing. You need this book. We all do.
Angie Thomas has created a masterpiece of a character in Starr Carter. The reader sees Starr walk the line between her two worlds (her neighborhood and her private school), keeping these two halves of herself mostly separate. Then Starr's friend Kahlil is murdered by a cop and Starr has to choose safe anonymity, which feels like denying her friend, or speaking up and risking her two worlds colliding into each other.
Anyone who has ever been curious about the Black Power or Black Lives Matter movements should read this book. It isn't an explanation of either movement, but it is an excellent entryway. This book does an excellent job of showing the reasoning behind why some deal drugs and behind rioting while showing the devastating effects of both. Don't be afraid of this book. It will make you think and it will make you feel, but you'll come away better for it.
Due to the language, as a teacher, I'd put this book at 14+. I let some of my more mature 8th graders check it out. I feel more comfortable with parental permission slips for this one. I still book talk it to EVERYONE because this book is so timely and necessary to help bridge one of the larger gaps in our country.
The ending of this book gave me chills and the list of 14 young black people killed by police and "vigilante" brutality had me sobbing. You need this book. We all do.