The Hate U Give
Two worlds. One voice. No going back.
CrimeDramahigh schoolbased on novel or booktraumaprotestriotteenage girlracismpolice officerbluntpreparatory schoolteen dramaracial profiling
A socially urgent teen drama about a girl caught between two worlds who must find her voice in the aftermath of police violence and racial injustice.
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.
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