Want more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Seven’s story in Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas's powerful prequel to The Hate U Give. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.īut what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Their friendship unravels over the course of the novel read analysis of Hailey Grant. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Hailey is Starr ’s oldest friend at Williamson, the two having grown close when Hailey’s mother died of cancer around same time that Natasha was killed. 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. "A powerful, in-your-face novel." - Horn Book (starred review) "A marvel of verisimilitude." - Booklist (starred review) "Heartbreakingly topical." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Thomas is the author of bestselling young adult novels 'Concrete Rose,' 'On the Come Up,' 'The Hate U Give,' and 'Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy. This story is important." - Kirkus (starred review) Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best.
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