Penned by Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give follows high schooler Starr Carter, who was in the passenger seat when her best friend Khalil was fatally shot by a police officer. He was also unarmed. Khalil's death quickly becomes national news, and without a prime witness stepping forward, everyone in town and around the world is making their own assumptions of why he was shot. Was he a drug dealer? Was he trying to take advantage of Starr? With her family now in serious danger and her city filled with protesters, will Starr be able to share what actually happened that day?