The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate You Give

Angie Thomas

Punchy from the start, this story powerfully exerts its right to a voice as youthful expectation and parental experience and societal prejudice contradict and collide. With racial conflict as the backdrop, the emotional and sometimes complex relationships of characters come to the fore. Loyalties are challenged and long held personal positions shift when raw and real experiences impact upon personal lives and upon communities.

Extract
For at least seven hours I don't have to think about Khalil. I just have to be normal Starr at normal Williamson and have a normal day. Williamson Starr doesn't use slang - if a rapper would say it, she doesn't say it, even if her white friends do. Slang makes them cool. Slang makes her 'hood.' . . . no stank-eyes, side-eyes, non of that. Williamson Starr doesn't give anyone reason to call her ghetto.
Parallels
  • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Still I Rise - a poem by Maya Angelou
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Violence
Explicit sexual content

Female Heroes, not Heroines