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"At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them."

Didn‘t expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. This isn‘t my normal genera but I had to read this for class and I‘m glad I did. The book does a great job at talking about a hard topic but doing it in a way the keeps you interested

16-year-old Starr witnesses her friend get shot by a police officer who mistakes the hairbrush in his hand for a gun. The Hate U Give is a powerful snapshot of the aftermath of police brutality in a community. Starr confronts her white peers' performative woke-ness, as well as her own internalized biases about blackness.

“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
Disco stuck with me because I always feel like I am a advocate for equal rights and equity. But I feel like I could do more with my voice then I have. We were all given the freedom of speech, and we need to use that to our power.

I read this book so quickly in high school, and it always touched me deeply. I think about the book often especially during the Black Lives Matter movement, and knowing so many wrongfully, accused or injured people of color, who have been abused by the justice system. I think that this book gives lots of perspective for people who have never been through it or they don‘t know anyone who has been through it.

Main character star lives in a poor neighborhood that goes to a rich school because your parents want her to have a good education and to be safe. She feels like she‘s living a double life. She witnesses police brutality fatally kill her best friend for no reason she starts to speak up about it. Her friends at school are mad because they don‘t understand and they treat her wrong because of it and awesome book about finding her voice and justice.

Angie Thomas expertly uses the eyewitness narrative aspect of first-person through the character‘s speech, personality, and background to create a powerful story.

The Hate U Give is about young Starr Carter who grows up in Garden Heights and travels outside of town to go to school, to avoid everything Garden Heights brings. By the end of the story Starr has seen her two best friends get shot and killed- one from gang violence, the other by a police officer. Starr stands up and starts a movement.

Books unite us. Censorship divides us.

I wish I had read this book when it came out. I‘m giving it a Pick because of the big picture, but some of it seemed more like young reader to me.

The book was Gut-Punching. So glad I read it as part of a banned book challenge.

Soooo close to a bingo! Maybe next month.
#BookSpinBingo
July 2022

I fell in love with the characters in Concrete Rose and even more so in The Hate U Give. Must read! #book79of2022

Excellent BLM book. Can‘t wait to watch the movie now. :) ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

I really enjoied this book, it expresses how black people feel about sterotypes. But I think this book should be 16+ instead of 13+.

A powerful look at family, friendship and injustice. A book that will cut you deep but beg you to keep reading!

Tone:Starr was very apologetic when she didn't speak up about what happened with Khalil.

Starr witnesses her friend, Khalil, being shot by a police officer. She also struggles with identity and being two versions of Starr: one that lives in the ‘ghetto‘ and the one that goes to ‘white‘ school.

The story is narrated thorough Starr‘s view. It gives an intimate look into a black teenager‘s life coming from a rough neighbourhood, gang problems and police brutality.

Inspired by the Black Lives Movement, it‘s a powerful story.

“That's the problem. We let people say stuff, and they say it so much that it becomes okay to them and normal for us. What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”

𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘜 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦

Thomas has a brilliant way of putting things into words. The quote above is so powerful, and it really delivers a punch when you read it.

A great story of family, injustice, and friendship

The Hate you Give is about a girl named Starr. She is going to a all white privileged high school as a black teen. She goes to a party on the weekend and it ends up getting shot up. Thankfully there was her childhood best friend Khalil. He gets pulled over while driving and ends up getting shot by then cop and killed.
I think that it was a very good book and is a learning opportunity because of all the talk about racism that people need to learn.

Raw, searing, and important. Great show of emotions. I picture the actress, Marsha Stephanie Blake as the mom. What can be said that hasn‘t been said before? There is no room for racism, intolerance, and injustice towards people of colour. We can do better, we must do better. #BLM

1. Honestly, I am in the middle of "The Hate You Give" and I can't get enough of it.... will likely finish it soon.... then, who knows.

2. There are so many words that are over used or used incorrectly. I'm tired of the way folks water down the words "Love" and "Friend." These have depth of meaning for me that I feel few actually convey when using.

Thanks for tagging me @RamsFan1963 .... Thanks for creating this, @TheSpineView

February #bookspin bingo board, no bingos for the month….not as much time as I wanted to be able to read. Although I did read my #bookspin book- The Hate U Give. No particular favorites for the month, they were all great reads

★★★★★

There are books that are important because of the social and/or political message they send. There are also books that are investing, emotionally charged, and incredibly well written. But every once in a while you find a book that has both an important message AND spectacular writing.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘜 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 is one of those books.

The title of the “The Hate U Give” reveals an allusion to the song T.H.U.G L.I.F.E by 2pac , the phase thug life means the hate you give little infants f*cks everybody and to me that means if you put out hatred and violence to our generation then all it‘s gone do is continue to be a repeated cycle.

(2017)

I have nothing to add to what's already been said about this honest engaging enraging book. (Jeez, have I been putting it off for five years already?).

It's a good one, just like everybody said.

(Also, audiobook reader Bahni Turpin is pretty great.)

#bannedbooks

Wow, this book is so good. The writing is amazing, the characters are so nuanced and loveable, the story is absolutely gripping, and it speaks such truth. I am so glad I read it!!

About to dig in. Got this for my birthday a few weeks ago. #NewRead #BirthdayBook #WhatAreYouReading

We‘ve had this book sitting on the bookshelves for a while & I finally picked it up. It‘s such a great story as well as heartbreaking & provocative. Starr witnessed one of her childhood friends‘ shot by a policeman after he was pulled over. The story revolves around the perceptions that our society has towards young Black men that live in the inner city. It was a highly relatable book to discuss several difficult subjects. #bookspin book

The Hate Give Is a Good read. Give means freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone); hand over to. The denotation to give could mean to have a cute look.

Hate- it could mean an intense hostility and aversion of fear and anger or it could mean an sense of injury. It also mean extreme dislike or disgust.

1. Yes! I actually thought about doing a banned book reading challenge this year but decided to wait since I was already doing 5.
2. The Outsiders is one of my favorite banned books. I had to read it in high school back in the 90s. Then last year my daughter had to read it for her English class and she absolutely loved it too. So having that shared bond over a book makes it even more special.
3. Done
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#3/50
I‘ve had this book on my shelf for a while. That was a mistake. I should‘ve read it as soon as I bought it. This story is one that needs to be told and should be read by everyone. It frustrated me and broke my heart, but I could not put it down. It deserves to be talked about at all times. I‘d recommend it to anyone and everyone.