And it’s a book that has spurred controversy all over the nation.The book — “The Hate U Give” — is about an African American girl who witnessed her best friend being fatally shot by ...

“The Hate U Give,” by Angie Thomas (Balzer + Bray, 2017) Although marketed as a YA book because the main characters are high schoolers, this is no patronizing, glib view deprecating violence ...

My interest in banned books is how I discovered Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give.I have always loved reading stories that I could relate to real life (hence why I am now getting a degree in ...

The Hate U Give author Angie Thomas on why it's wrong to ban her Black Lives Matter novel 'The Hate U Give': Read an excerpt from the Black Lives Matter-inspired YA novel By clicking “Accept All ...

'The Hate You Give' and 'All American Boys' spark race conversation in youth : NPR's Book of the Day Today, YA adult novels – both of which have faced bans from schools and libraries – focus ...

At its core, “The Hate You Give” is a coming-of-age story: Starr navigates her place in the halls of her high school, grapples with her first love and broken friendships in ways we’ve seen ...

Angela Thomas’ love affair with books began the day her life almost ended. The rising author, whose upcoming Black Lives Matter-inspired young-adult novel "The Hate U Give" sparked a bidding war ...

But “Banned Books: Defending the Right to Read,” which also featured “The Hate U Give” author Angie Thomas, was less focused on defining opponents of access to books than on the writers ...

The Harry Potter series, the diary of Anne Frank, “The Hate You Give,” “The Catcher in the Rye” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” are all books with many attempted and successful bans across ...

At its core, “The Hate You Give” is a coming-of-age story: Starr navigates her place in the halls of her high school, grapples with her first love and broken friendships in ways we’ve seen ...