Angie Thomas’ smash hit novel, The Hate U Give, is about to become a movie!
Starring Amandla Stenberg, the movie follows the story of Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old who lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community.
It could also get her killed. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, The Hate U Give is a powerful and gripping drama about one girl’s struggle for justice.
What our QBD readers are saying:
THUG is a phenomenal book that tackles the difficult topic of police brutality in America. Starr is stuck between two worlds; her private school in the suburbs where she is the only black girl, and her home in the rundown, all-black community which is stuggling with the death of Starr’s friend who was brutally murdered by police. Heartbreakingly honest but hilarious and heartwarming. A MUST READ! – Eleanor, QBD Hornsby
Angie Thomas hits an absolute winner in her first piece of YA fiction. Our young narrator/protagonist, Starr, is an inquisitive, thoughtful black girl. Her life is in dichotomy, half spent in Garden Heights, home to crack dealers, drive by shootings and unfortunately, Starr. The other half is spent at Starr’s swanky private school on the other side of town. At home she has to pretend to be ‘more black’ than she feels, and at school, much less. Starr manages to establish some form of equilibrium she is content with, until it happens. Thomas’ characters are wonderfully complex, and meticulously crafted; every point is purposeful, every scene pivotal. This brand new author has produced something important and special, I have no reservations in recommending The Hate U Give. This book will teach you real meaning, as first shared by Tupac, of living a THUG LIFE. I wait in bated breath to read Thomas again in the very near future. – Joshua, QBD Eastland
This remarkable debut novel from Angie Thomas tackles the symbolic Black Lives Matter movement in all of its power and flurry. I read this book in one day – it’s an absolute page-turner that will leave you with questions and answers you didn’t have prior to reading it. If there’s one book you choose to read right now, choose this one. – Holly, QBD Miranda
