A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community.
ANGIE THOMAS viu a Jackson, Mississipí, on va néixer. En l?adolescència va ser rapera. Ara és llicenciada en escriptura creativa, però encara pot rape-jar, si l?hi demanen. THUG. L?odi que dónes és la seva primera novel·la, que ha causat un gran impacte en el món editorial americà.
