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	Thomas, Angie THE HATE U GIVE New York : Balzer + Bray, 2017 IL YA ISBN 978-0-06-249853-3 (3 booktalks)
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Booktalk #1 Starr is straddling two worlds. There is the black girl who lives in a poor black neighborhood with drugs and gang shootings. But during the day, she attends a fancy private school. When she attends a party in the hood, things go terribly wrong. There is a shooting and Starr and her friend Khalil leave to avoid the hassle. On the way home, they are stopped by a policeman. Starr remembers the rules her father told her -- be polite, keep your hands in sight, don't make any sudden moves. But Khalil makes the mistake of questioning the police officer. When Khalil looks back in the car to be sure Starr is OK, he is shot in the back of the head. Now there are riots and lawyers and the grand jury. Starr is the only witness and must come to terms with the fact that what she says can change the lives of so many people. It could also end her's. Booktalk #2 Winner of the 2018 Odyssey Award and William C. Morris Award, and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor and a Michael L. Printz Award Honor. Starr Carter feels like there are two versions of herself; the Starr who belongs in Garden Heights where she lives with her family, and the Starr who attends suburban Williamson Prep among her mostly white classmates. Switching between her two worlds is already stressful and confusing, but in an instant one night the tensions are thrown into high relief. Heading home from a party, Starr’s childhood friend Khalil is shot and killed by a white police officer. Khalil was unarmed, and Starr is the only witness who can tell what really happened. While grieving her friend, Starr must decide what to do next. At home, gangs threaten repercussions for shaking the status quo, and at school some friends’ deep biases rise to the surface. What will coming forward mean for Starr? Will the two Starrs learn to speak with one voice? A powerful must-read book. Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2018-2019 Booktalk #3 Starr Carter is an expert at camouflage. She juggles two different worlds seamlessly: her elite private high school and her familiar surroundings of home. When her childhood friend, Khalil, gets shot by a police officer, and she knows it was not provoked, her charade comes to a screeching halt. She is left with a choice to stay quiet and let the media think Khalil was at fault, or speak up and open a Pandora’s box of controversy that could expose her worst fears. (Kathleen Dunbar, Eastlake High School https://evergreenbookaward.org/)
	SUBJECTS: Police shootings -- Fiction. Race relations -- Fiction. Racism -- Fiction.

Thomas, Angie
THE HATE U GIVE
New York : Balzer + Bray, 2017
IL YA
ISBN 978-0-06-249853-3

(3 booktalks)

Click on the book to read Amazon reviews

Booktalk #1

Starr is straddling two worlds. There is the black girl who lives in a poor black neighborhood with drugs and gang shootings. But during the day, she attends a fancy private school. When she attends a party in the hood, things go terribly wrong. There is a shooting and Starr and her friend Khalil leave to avoid the hassle. On the way home, they are stopped by a policeman. Starr remembers the rules her father told her -- be polite, keep your hands in sight, don't make any sudden moves. But Khalil makes the mistake of questioning the police officer. When Khalil looks back in the car to be sure Starr is OK, he is shot in the back of the head. Now there are riots and lawyers and the grand jury. Starr is the only witness and must come to terms with the fact that what she says can change the lives of so many people. It could also end her's.

Booktalk #2

Winner of the 2018 Odyssey Award and William C. Morris Award, and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor and a Michael L. Printz Award Honor. Starr Carter feels like there are two versions of herself; the Starr who belongs in Garden Heights where she lives with her family, and the Starr who attends suburban Williamson Prep among her mostly white classmates. Switching between her two worlds is already stressful and confusing, but in an instant one night the tensions are thrown into high relief. Heading home from a party, Starr’s childhood friend Khalil is shot and killed by a white police officer. Khalil was unarmed, and Starr is the only witness who can tell what really happened. While grieving her friend, Starr must decide what to do next. At home, gangs threaten repercussions for shaking the status quo, and at school some friends’ deep biases rise to the surface. What will coming forward mean for Starr? Will the two Starrs learn to speak with one voice? A powerful must-read book. Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2018-2019

Booktalk #3

Starr Carter is an expert at camouflage. She juggles two different worlds seamlessly: her elite private high school and her familiar surroundings of home. When her childhood friend, Khalil, gets shot by a police officer, and she knows it was not provoked, her charade comes to a screeching halt. She is left with a choice to stay quiet and let the media think Khalil was at fault, or speak up and open a Pandora’s box of controversy that could expose her worst fears.
(Kathleen Dunbar, Eastlake High School
https://evergreenbookaward.org/)

SUBJECTS:     Police shootings -- Fiction.
                        Race relations -- Fiction.
                        Racism -- Fiction.