My interest in banned books is how I discovered Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give. I have always loved reading stories that I could relate to real life (hence why I am now getting a degree in ...

Angie Thomas changed the face of YA fiction with The Hate U Give in 2018. This stunning account of how a Black teenager’s life is shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her unarmed ...

The Hate U Give (THUG) is the story of sixteen-year-old ... inaugural Walter Dean Myers Grant awarded by the We Need Diverse Books campaign.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado alleges in a lawsuit against the School District that the books’ removal violated free speech protections.

The Hate U Give is the award-winning debut novel by author ... On her official website, Thomas states that she ‘looks at books as being a form of activism. Sometimes they’ll show us a side ...