Author: Angie Thomas
Rating: I really liked it.
Recommendation: Teens
This book is about a girl named Starr, who is the eyewitness of her childhood best friend's death, when he is shot by a white police officer. Starr decides to do what's right and becomes an activist. Her friend died after they left a party shooting. Her friend was unarmed and simply killed. As this news spreads, people influence Starr to stand up for what's right, with lots of people in the community standing at her side. There are protests in the book and there is some profanity. Angie Thomas makes you want to keep reading the book, because you always want to find out what comes next. She puts some key points that shock you, like the ending and the decision by the court as to whether they put the police officer in jail or not. There are many shootings in this book and deaths of people Starr loved. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. It shows what people like Starr face in our world today. This book needs a movie.
Reviewed by: Yosef A.