Is a book that has 300 expletives ROWVA strong?” one speaker asked the room. Proponents of “The Hate U Give” argued the book brought important discussions of race and racial inequality into ...

ONEIDA, Illinois — The ROWVA School Board voted Tuesday, Jan. 18 to indefinitely postpone taking action to either suspend or allow a young-adult novel from being taught in freshman English classes.

There’s good news ahead for fans of The Hate U Give, the critically acclaimed book and movie offering a fictional account of how one community responds to a police-involved fatal shooting of a ...

It wasn't until college that a YA book would really speak to Thomas ... Take her 2017 debut, "The Hate U Give," for example. It follows a Black girl named Starr who witnesses the shooting ...

The young adult novel "The Hate U Give" tells the story of a teenager whose childhood friend is shot and killed by a police officer. In the book, now a finalist for a National Book Award and ...

I had a rare experience while reading Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give. I was two-thirds of the way through the book and had to put it down and remind myself that this was a work of fiction.

THIS IS KELLY CRADDICK AND SHE SAYS IN THIS LAWSUIT THAT HER FRESHMAN HONORS CLASS AT PORTALES HIGH SCHOOL WANTED TO READ THIS BOOK. THE HATE U GIVE WAS A BOOK THAT WAS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED.

Consider “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, which has been challenged for an alleged anti-police agenda, and “This Book Is Gay” by Juno Dawson, a nonfiction book about sexuality and gender.

Angie Thomas, author of “The Hate U Give,” will speak at Kansas State University in Manhattan in April. Her new book, “On the Come Up,” will be released Feb. 5. Anissa Hidouk Courtesy ...