Online Program - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Date and Time: April 22, 2021, 7:00 PM CT
Location:
Newton Public Library, 720 Oak St, Newton
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From the TALK series, After the Fact
Discussion Leader: Nic Shump
This young adult novel revolves around the aftermath of the murder of a young Black teenager by a police officer during a traffic stop. The story is told through the eyes of Starr, the sole witness to the murder. Prior to the shooting Starr lived in two worlds kept strictly separate—one of her majority white private school and the second of her majority Black neighborhood. The book explores how the unstable the boundary between these two worlds is. As the Los Angeles Review of Books notes, this is a "powerful novel that strikes to the heart of contemporary race relations in the United States."
This discussion will take place online! Contact the library for more details.
Sponsored by: Newton Public Library
For more information about this event, please contact:
Daniel Eells
(316) 283-2890
http://www.newtonplks.org