the aforementioned novel about "a 16 year old girl" is it based on a real life event?
Yes - It is about a 16 year old who gets entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer shoot and kill her childhood friend, Khalil.
The Hate U Give
The book is narrated by Starr Carter, a 16-year-old black girl from a poor neighborhood who attends an elite private school in a predominantly white, affluent part of the city. Starr becomes entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer shoot and kill her childhood friend, Khalil.
where does the hate you give take place UNANSWERABLE what is it  about? It is a story about a 16-year-old black girl from a poor neighborhood who attends an elite private school in a predominantly white, affluent part of the city and becomes entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer shoot and kill her childhood friend, Khalil. when was it published? February 28, 2017 who wrote it? Angie Thomas where is she from? Jackson, Mississippi. can you name some other books she has written? Yes - "On the Come Up",  "Concrete Rose." when was the first mentioned novel published? February 2019 is there a movie based on this novel? Yes - "This is Us". did the author win any award for her work? UNANSWERABLE
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The Hate U Give [SEP] Introduction
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. The book is narrated by Starr Carter, a 16-year-old black girl from a poor neighborhood who attends an elite private school in a predominantly white, affluent part of the city. Starr becomes entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer shoot and kill her childhood friend, Khalil. She speaks up about the shooting in increasingly public ways, and social tensions culminate in a riot after a grand jury decides not to indict the police officer for the shooting.