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The Hate U Give is a 2017 young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is Thomas's debut novel, expanded from a short story she wrote in college in reaction to the police shooting of Oscar Grant.
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- 2017
- February 28, 2017
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Angie Thomas (born September 20, 1988) is an American young adult author, best known for writing The Hate U Give (2017). Her second young adult novel, On the Come Up, was released on February 25, 2019.
- English
- September 20, 1988 (age 35), Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
- Writer
Angie Thomas is a bestselling author, producer, speaker, and activist who writes stories for young people. Learn about her books, including The Hate U Give, a #1 New York Times bestseller and major motion picture, and Concrete Rose, a prequel to The Hate U Give.
Feb 28, 2017 · A YA novel about a girl who witnesses the police shooting of her friend and faces the consequences of speaking up. Angie Thomas is a former rapper and a Mississippi native who won the Walter Dean Meyers Grant 2015.
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May 10, 2024 · Angie Thomas is an American writer whose first young-adult (YA) novel, The Hate U Give (2017), debuted at number one on The New York Times bestseller list, launching her to international fame. In the novel, Thomas tackled such volatile and timely subjects as racism, privilege, and police brutality.
Her debut novel, THE HATE U GIVE, started as a senior project in college. It was later acquired by the Balzer+Bray imprint of HarperCollins Publishers in a 13-publisher auction and debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, winning the ALA’s William C. Morris Debut Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (USA), the Waterstones ...