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Book Summary: The Hate U Give By Starr Carter

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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give is a book about a girl, Starr Carter, who witnesses her childhood friend, Khalil, being shot and killed by the police. They were fleeing a party that ended when everyone heard gunshots and got pulled over for driving with a broken taillight. The officer demanded Khalil to get out of the car to get patted down. He asks Starr if she is ok, before getting shot. Besides dealing with the emotional stress of witnessing her childhood friend be shot to the ground, Starr has to deal with living two personalities: Garden Heights Starr and Williamson Starr (the elite high school that is forty-five minutes away from her neighborhood, Garden Heights and is dominated by white people). Starr has friend problems and boyfriend
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