The ghetto often has a negative connotation to it, but we see Garden Heights as a vibrant and tight knit community of people looking after each other. When they’ve done absolutely nothing wrong, when they get themselves an education, work hard and look after their families, they may still never justice over the unfair shootings of black kids.
Working against a system that will never give them justice.Īlthough Starr and Garden Heights is fictional, this is a story that is very real for many black families out there. Murdered by police when unarmed without a reason. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice.īlack kids getting shot. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. 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. Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. Genres: Young Adult, Own Voices, DiversityĪmazon | Book Depository | Publisher | Booktopia
The Hate U Give Published by Walker Books Australia on March 1, 2017
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