It is also taught in certain high schools but was reportedly banned in one Texas school district. The Hate U Give has been deemed by many critics as an Oscar contender, generating tons of buzz with its vital story about Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg), a 16-year-old black girl who becomes an. It became number one on The New York Times YA best-seller list, remaining in that spot for 79 weeks.

The novelвЂ™s impactful story resonated with many. вЂњSo while it wasn't a direct experience of mine, the pain and the trauma and the anger and the frustration are all things that I've felt.вЂќ I took those feelings and my own anger, frustration, and pain when I see another black person lose their life at the hands of law enforcement - I took all of those emotions and just poured it into this,вЂќ the author told Goodreads. вЂњI saw it with my own two eyes, and I felt the trauma of it. She also explained that while she has never experienced exactly what Starr did in the novel and film, she has experienced the pain of losing friends to gun violence. вЂњSo, a lot of that, the culture of the neighborhood, the unspoken rules of the neighborhood, the people, the love, and then the harsh realities of the neighborhood - those are all things I took from my own community and my own life.вЂќ The neighborhood I lived in up until a few weeks ago, actually,вЂќ explained the author. вЂњStarr's neighborhood, for one, is based on the neighborhood I grew up in. In an interview with Goodreads, Thomas discussed how her own experiences also shaped how she wrote StarrвЂ™s.

вЂњI wanted to write a book for them that says, вЂI see you. вЂњI decided to turn this story into a novel because so many kids in my neighborhood and church, every time somebody called Trayvon Martin a вЂthug,вЂ™ it felt like they were calling them thugs,вЂќ explained the author. When more cases of young black lives being cut short hit the news, including those of Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice, Thomas realized it was time to expand it to a novel. вЂњIn my anger and frustration, I wrote a short story about a boy named Khalil who was a lot like Oscar and a girl named Starr who was a lot like me,вЂќ disclosed Thomas. In an interview with The Los Angeles Times, the author explained that after hearing about the death of Oscar Grant, an unarmed 22-year-old man who was killed by an Oakland police officer on New YearвЂ™s Day in 2009, she was devastated. ThomasвЂ™ idea for the novel was influenced by a specific incident of police brutality, though. ItвЂ™s an adaptation of Angie ThomasвЂ™ YA novel of the same name. But The Hate U Give isnвЂ™t based on one true story. With the deaths of so many young, unarmed black men at the hands of police officers in the news every year, this story feels so real. The Hate U Give has been deemed by many critics as an Oscar contender, generating tons of buzz with its vital story about Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg), a 16-year-old black girl who becomes an activist after witnessing police kill her childhood friend, Khalil (Algee Smith).

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