Best Books by Black Women
130+ Books by Black Women That Should Be Essential Reading For Everyone
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Angie Thomas's bestselling YA novel, The Hate U Give (which recently became a movie starring Amandla Stenberg, K.J. Apa, and Anthony Mackie), tells the story of 16-year-old Starr, who struggles to balance the worlds of her fancy private school and poor Black neighbourhood after she witnesses the police shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil.