Young adult novel · Fiction
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
About the book
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter witnesses a police officer shoot her childhood friend and must decide whether to speak out.
Reading notes
Young-adult novel with strong language and violence; aimed at older teens.
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Recognition
- Michael L. Printz Honor (2018)
- Coretta Scott King Author Honor (2018)
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Book details
- Author
- Angie Thomas
- First published
- 2017
- Suggested ages
- Ages 14–18 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Confident reader
- Topics
- justice, identity, activism
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780062498540 · Balzer + Bray, 2022 · paperback
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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