Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these ...

The star of the film version of novel The Hate U Give has admitted she found it hard to have her casting queried because she is not darker-skinned. "It was the first time in my life that I'd ever ...

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The cover art illustrator for The Hate U Give has said she "wasn't exactly thrilled" with the casting of the film adaptation. Debra Cartwright illustrated the cover for Angie Thomas's young adult ...

The Hate U Give (THUG) is the story of sixteen-year-old Starr – a girl of two worlds. Every day she walks a fine line between the poor inner-city neighbourhood where she was born and raised ...