A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century.
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movemen.
It could also get her killed.
Now what Starr says could destroy her community.
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.
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.
A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century