The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, is the Kalamazoo Reading Together selection for 2019. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter navigates between her poverty-stricken neighborhood and the upper-crust suburban prep school she attends. Her life is up-ended when she is the sole witness to the shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. As Starr becomes even more torn between her two worlds, she contends with speaking her truth and trying to stay alive herself. Discussion leaders: Harvey Myers & Stacey Ledbetter.