What an amazing book! The narrative is wonderful. I was immediately drawn in to the story. This book is an absolute necessary read. Your heart just breaks because every single word is so true, it is searing. The fear is real. The happenings in this book are real, they happen over and over every single second of the day in this country. It’s a disgusting fact. I smiled, yelled, laughed, cried and still live in fear for children and young people I love. That fear is portrayed in this book, and so is a strong female so brave you just want to take her home and keep her safe. WE need to make this world better. The sheer fact we have to train our young people at an early age the proper way to act around law enforcement so they don’t get killed is such a disgustingly nauseating fact in this country, I’m ashamed of all of us.
Read this book.
Peace.
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.
