8 starred reviews ยท Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Bestย ยทย William C. Morris Award Winner ยท National Book Award Longlist ยท Printz Honor Book ยท Coretta Scott King Honor Book ยทย #1 New York Times Bestseller!
""Absolutely riveting!"" โJason Reynolds
""Stunning."" โJohn Green
""This story is necessary. This story is important."" โKirkus (starred review)
""Heartbreakingly topical."" โPublishers Weekly (starred review)
""A marvel of verisimilitude."" โBooklist (starred review)
""A powerful, in-your-face novel."" โHorn Book (starred review)
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.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalilโs name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr doesโor does notโsay could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
And don't miss On the Come Up, Angie Thomas's powerful follow-up to The Hate U Give.
Want more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Sevenโs story in Concrete Rose,ย ngie Thomas's powerful prequel toย The Hate U Give.
Angie Thomas is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novels Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy, The Hate U Give, Concrete Rose, and On the Come Up, as well as Find Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth. She is also a coauthor of the bestselling collaborative novels Blackout and Whiteout. Angie divides her time between her native Jackson, Mississippi, and Atlanta, Georgia. You can find her online at angiethomas.com.