![]() ![]() Additionally, turn to primary sources from current events for analysis and discussion. With each news story of police shootings, gang violence, or struggling intercity communities, students may find solace in the pages of The Hate U Give.įor this primary source pairing, invite students to study a photograph from a Black Lives Matter march in November 2014. Starr’s story resonates with readers from all corners of our communities. With the release of the movie with the same title, hopefully, the book will reach an even wider audience. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. 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. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. ![]() Mo, encouraging a boycott of Black Friday Consumerism. ![]()
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