{"product_id":"the-hate-u-give-angie-thomas","title":"The Hate U Give * Angie Thomas","description":"\u003cp\u003eBalances between her poor neighborhood and her elite suburban prep school, a sixteen-year-old girl finds her world shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her unarmed childhood best friend by a police officer, turning her into the center of a national media firestorm and a community's fight for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Story: Written by prominent young adult literature pioneer and global chart-topper Angie Thomas, this celebrated 2017 landmark masterpiece stands as an era-defining milestone in contemporary publishing. The narrative completely steps past predictable, low-friction teen drama formulas, sanitized coming-of-age tropes, or safe moralizing lectures. Instead, Thomas constructs a substantial, deeply atmospheric portrait of identity and survival that masterfully pairs raw emotional vulnerability with urgent socio-political realities, demonstrating that finding your voice is the most lethal weapon against systemic inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plot centers on Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old girl who lives in the working-class Black neighborhood of Garden Heights but attends the predominantly white, wealthy Williamson Prep. Starr’s carefully constructed survival strategy - maintaining a dual identity depending on her zip code - takes a sharp, terrifying turn when she hitches a ride home from a party with her childhood friend Khalil. Pulled over by a police officer for a broken taillight, Khalil is shot and killed when the officer mistakes a hairbrush for a weapon. As Khalil's passing makes national headlines and he is painted in the media as a thug and drug dealer, Starr realizes she is the only living witness to what truly happened that night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than letting the system sweep the tragedy under the rug, Starr faces an intense, high-stakes countdown as her family’s safety, her school friendships, and the peace of Garden Heights hang in the balance. Moving smoothly from the deeply supportive, protective shelter of her father Maverick’s grocery store to chaotic local street protests and a high-risk grand jury testimony, this pacy page-turner keeps the adrenaline at an absolute boil until its final, earth-shaking resolution. Published as a premium first-edition trade hardcover by Balzer + Bray \/ HarperCollins, this multi-award-winning, multi-million-copy international bestseller remains an essential cornerstone for middle school and high school curricula, sociology, and timeless literary shelves worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: Fans of heavy-hitting contemporary realism, powerful social justice thrillers, and deep family dramas; educators building inclusive, culturally relevant reading programs; and book collectors securing a core award-winning staple of modern young adult literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNational Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature (2017), Odyssey Award (2018), William C. Morris YA Debut Award (2018), Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Young Adult Literature (2017), Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee for Best Young Adult (2018), Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2018), Teen Buckeye Book Award (2018), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award for Young Adult (2019), Rhode Island Teen Book Award (2019), Evergreen Teen Book Award Nominee for High School (2020), Coretta Scott King Book Award Nominee for Author Honor (2018), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2018), Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award (2018), Iowa High School Book Award (2020), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction (2017), The Inky Awards for Silver Inky (2018), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Young Adult (2020), Lincoln Award (2019), Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Overall and Older Fiction (2018), Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature (2017), Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction \u0026amp; for Debut Goodreads Author (2017) and for Best of the Best (2018), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2018), NAACP Image Award Nominee for Youth\/Teens (2018), Gateway Readers Award (2020), Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award for High School (2019), Blogistanian Kuopus (2017)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFiction \/ Young Adult \/ Contemporary YA Realism \/ Social Justice Sagas \/ Urban Drama \/ Political YA Fiction \/ Activism \u0026amp; Resistance\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"April Grossinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67832040980723,"sku":"202610170024ABB","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/5722\/7507\/files\/1000020008.jpg?v=1793923785","url":"https:\/\/purpleslothmedia.com\/products\/the-hate-u-give-angie-thomas","provider":"Purple Sloth Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}