The Hate U Give author Angie Thomas on why it's wrong to ban her Black Lives Matter novel 'The Hate U Give': Read an excerpt from the Black Lives Matter-inspired YA novel By clicking “Accept All ...

The novel follows Starr, a teenage girl from a poor ... The post Now More Than Ever, We Need To Protect Banned Books Like ‘The Hate U Give’ first appeared on Her Campus.

The Hate U Give (THUG) is the story of sixteen-year-old Starr – a girl of two worlds ... Dean Myers Grant awarded by the We Need Diverse Books campaign.

Teachers and a student appealed Monday to the Vigo County School Board not to exclude the book “The Hate U Give” from the high school curriculum. The book is under review by the district based on a ...

In this prequel to The Hate U Give, Thomas delves into the upbringing of Maverick Carter, the father of THUG’s protagonist, Starr. Mav is one of the subordinates (“li’l homies”) of ...

Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these ...

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On her official website, Thomas states that she ‘looks at books as being a form ... provoking young adult novel The Hate U Give. The plot centres around Starr, a sixteen-year-old African ...