You are invited to participate in the Lydia Taft Pratt Library's Racial Justice Book Group Series!
We will be reading and discussing:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Wednesday, June 2, 6:00pm, Via Zoom!
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed." --Goodreads
Contact Dena at LTP Library to get a copy of the book. This book is also available via OverDrive/Libby as both an eBook or an Audiobook.
Phone: 802-258-9878
Email: dummerstonvtlibrary@gmail.com for Zoom Log-in information or try: https://zoom.us/j/93274105721?pwd=MTdZRzJ1aFJYdEtiRmwwQmZGb2EwZz09
This was the 2020 Vermont Humanities Council pick for the Vermont Reads program.
"Thomas's debut novel offers an incisive and engrossing perspective of the life of a black teenage girl as Starr's two worlds converge over questions of police brutality, justice, and activism." --The Atlantic
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