{"product_id":"the-hate-u-give-9781432893378","title":"The Hate U Give","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 starred reviews - Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam C. Morris Award Winner - National Book Award Longlist - Printz Honor Book - Coretta Scott King Honor Book - #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbsolutely riveting! --Jason Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStunning. --John Green\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis story is necessary. This story is important. --\u003cem\u003eKirkus \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeartbreakingly topical. --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA marvel of verisimilitude. --\u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerful, in-your-face novel. --\u003cem\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon 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 \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c\/em\u003e went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what Starr does--or does not--say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWant more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Seven's story in\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eConcrete Rose\u003c\/em\u003e, Angie Thomas's powerful prequel to \u003cem\u003eThe Hate U Give.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas, Angie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngie Thomas \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of the award-winning, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling novels \u003cem\u003eThe Hate U Give, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Come Up, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eConcrete Rose, \u003c\/em\u003eas well as \u003cem\u003eFind Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiovanni, Nikki:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNikki Giovanni, poet, activist, mother, and professor, is a seven-time NAACP Image Award winner and the first recipient of the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award, and holds the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, among many other honors. The author of twenty-eight books and a Grammy nominee for \u003cem\u003eThe Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection\u003c\/em\u003e, she is the University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thorndike Striving Reader","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614261973266,"sku":"9781432893378","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8df25e31-b3c5-4b46-b4b7-8186ed120f31.jpg?v=1732436588","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hate-u-give-9781432893378","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}