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The Hate U Give
Verfasst von Angie Thomas
Gesprochen von Bahni Turpin
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- Freigegeben:
- Feb 28, 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780062677082
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- Hörbuch
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Beschreibung
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Angie Thomas's searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty. Soon to be a major motion picture from Fox 2000/Temple Hill Productions.
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 Khalil's 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 does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
Informationen über das Buch
The Hate U Give
Verfasst von Angie Thomas
Gesprochen von Bahni Turpin
Anmerkung des Herausgebers
Beschreibung
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Angie Thomas's searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty. Soon to be a major motion picture from Fox 2000/Temple Hill Productions.
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 Khalil's 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 does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
- Herausgeber:
- HarperAudio
- Freigegeben:
- Feb 28, 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780062677082
- Format:
- Hörbuch
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She has a great family and support from her community. The people around her want change as much as she and her family want it. Can she really be the catalyst for that change?
What makes The Hate U Give so special and important is not only its subject matter, but also the authenticity. Everything and everyone in this book feels so refreshingly real-- which also makes it frightening but, I hope, will also move people to movement.
If anything, this book should remind you to speak up, and that the power of a voice can be wondrous indeed. Black lives matter, my friends. Do not forget it.
The Hate U Give has been on my to-read list for several months now, so when faced with 6 hours of travel time I figured I'd give it a whirl... and couldn't stop until I finished it.
THUG (intentional 2pac reference) is a masterful debut by Angie Thomas, set in first person view of Starr Carter, a 16 year old who lives in a poor black neighborhood but goes to an expensive prep academy. Her world is upended when she witnesses Khalil, her childhood friend, being shot by a cop. As I was thinking about this review last night, I almost phrased it as "then the unthinkable happens", but unfortunately it's not unthinkable that black people are shot by police over the slimmest reaction, that people of color are more likely to be pulled over without just cause, that victims are villified as "no angel" in the media circus aftermath.
Although this is a timely story, it's also very much a YA tale- Starr still goes to prom, deals with bullshit at school, and refuses to let her mom join tumblr "because parents already took over facebook". But it's also a great piece of code switching, of trying to figure out if your white partner in an interracial relationship really "gets it", of minority alliances (what's up Maya, I see u girl reppin' for AAs), of what the reality is when someone navigates very different worlds.
While Khalil's death is fictional, I still felt the dread and tightness when the inevitable failure to indict happens. The names of others who've died at the hands of police brutality may seem like a bit to connect it to real life and take you out of the story... but that's really our reality.
[I also enjoyed the shade thrown twice at a particular network without actually naming it for the way they frame things]
An absolutely important read, not just for the YA crowd but for everyone, especially if you still don't understand why "all lives matter" is a disingenuous cop out that avoids historical and statistical evidence.
So often, writers get trapped into the "formulaic" writing where you need a protagonist, antagonist, rising action, climax, resolution, and they have to occur in a specific order and at a relatively set place in the novel. While this novel clearly had all of these things, there wasn't this static characters going through the motions to get them all on the paper. Events were constantly happening, and the characters were constantly reacting. This is how life actually goes, which made the story that much more relatable.
I would have to say that this book should be required reading for everybody. For us adults, its a young adult novel which means that we can get through it pretty quickly. It also means that we can get a better sense of what teens feel when they have to watch somebody die at the hands of a bullet. I also want to point out that cops shooting unarmed African Americans is far from the only way this occurs. I have read a couple of young adult books about school shootings as well, and I must say that this one was better. Even though it circles around racial disparity, the thoughts, feelings, and actions are applicable to some very real issues that we are facing today. I believe, at the very least, this book teaches empathy for its readers.