Advertisements The Hate U Give is a critically acclaimed young adult novel by Angie Thomas, published in 2017. The book tells the story of Starr Carter, a 16-year-old African American girl who witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, by a white police officer. The novel explores…
Advertisements The Summer I Turned Pretty is a young adult novel by Jenny Han, first published in 2009. The book tells the story of a girl named Belly who spends every summer at a beach house with her mother and her mother’s best friend and her two sons, Conrad and…
Long Way Down is a young adult novel written in verse by Jason Reynolds, first published in 2017. The story takes place over the course of 60 seconds, as 15-year-old Will Holloman grapples with the decision to avenge the murder of his older brother, Shawn. Set entirely in the confines…