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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

Angie Thomas

Start date: October 1, 2017

Finish date: October 31, 2017

Discussion: Monthly Group Reads

Why we're reading this: October is a free-for-all for books. The voted on book is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
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Oct 31, 2017 Richard Derus rated it really liked it

Rating: 4.5* of five

***THIS BOOK IS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS! HELP VOTE IT THROUGH!***

My review of this astoundingly accomplished, trenchantly imagined, and tendentiously told tale will appear during Booksgiving. Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud or, as I call it, my blog, will offer a bookish gift-giving guide to the perplexed giver from 24 November to 24 December. ...more

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Oct 11, 2017 Tippy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: culture, race, drugs, 2017, crime, diversity-in-all-forms-group

So... funny thing. You know how Starr changes her personality when she goes between her two worlds? She has a prep school version of herself and a Garden Heights version? When I sat down to write this, the two versions of me were at war with each other to decide who was going to write this review. You see, professional me was all like "Watch what you say... you know this is public... anyone can read this..." and the rest of me was like "Yeah, but...it's about fuckin' time somebody represents thi ...more

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Oct 18, 2017 Andrea rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”

I don't really think I have anything new to add to all the glowing reviews about this book.

Let me just say that I absolutely LOVED the way the author tackled such a complex issue and managed to make it a relatable story for those of us who can't even begin to imagine what it must've been like for Starr to grow up the way she did, to experience the things she did. Whether it was little things like th ...more

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Apr 15, 2020 Cam rated it really liked it

This book would make a good discussion book for club book. It touches on the criminal justice system and the black community.

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.

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