The Hate U Give

I have read The Hate U Give right when it came out in 2017.  I was excited to read it because it sounded like a book I would enjoy. I absolutely loved this book! I am currently reading it for the second time, and I am currently on page 100. It is just as good as the first time I read it! I would highly recommend the book to anyone who asked me for a book reference. Now let's get onto the book.

Starr Jackson is a sixteen year old girl that lives in two very different worlds. She lives in a gang ridden neighborhood named Garden Heights. However, she attends a mostly white private school that is an hour away from her home. Starr's two worlds never cross each other and she likes to keep it that way. It isn't until the fatal shooting of her childhood friend Khalil. Starr is at a lost for words due to the shooting of her childhood friend. She wants to speak out about what happened the night of the shooting, but she is scared about what the public might say.

This book goes along with everything that is happening in our world today! There is so much hate towards one another and it honestly makes me sick to think that we have all let it get this way. I have watched the movie and I feel like it is just as good as the book. Before I watched the movie, I heard good and bad reviews of the movie. I don't really listen to the bad reviews, I try to watch the movie and determine if the movie is good or not based on my own opinions. I think the movie is just as good as the book, and it does a great job at portraying what goes on between a gang infested neighborhood and a white neighborhood. If you haven't already I highly recommend reading the book and then watching the movie!