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“Now we have to somehow un-fuck everybody.”

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

March 9, 2018 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

Quick Review: This is a very good YA debut by Angie Thomas and it is important reading to be done in this cultural climate in the United States. Thomas clearly, and evocatively, brings the reader into the layered life of a black teen in today’s United States with its systemic racism. It reminded me of of my own history, and my lived experience, and grew it out. But it isn’t a primer in the way that Between the World and Me is, it is a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #weneeddiversebooks, Angie Thomas, banned book, banned books, challenged book, debut novel, faintingviolet, the hate u give, THUG

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #weneeddiversebooks, Angie Thomas, banned book, banned books, challenged book, debut novel, faintingviolet, the hate u give, THUG ·
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THUG gave me all the feels

December 30, 2017 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas deserves all the hype and awards. The story centers around teenager Starr Carter who lives in the African-American community of Garden Heights while attending an expensive private school on the posh side of town. She has two sides of her life, two faces she shows each environment. Her white boyfriend Chris has never met her Dad. Her friend Kenya, who she shares a half-brother with has never met any of her high school friends. The two worlds collide after […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 2Pac, Angie Thomas, Award Winning, black lives matter, cbr9, contemporary young adult, debut novel, the hate u give, THUG, YA, Young Adult

teresaelectro's CBR9 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 2Pac, Angie Thomas, Award Winning, black lives matter, cbr9, contemporary young adult, debut novel, the hate u give, THUG, YA, Young Adult ·
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