The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas ยท 2017
How long does it take to read The Hate U Give?
About 9 hours
448 pages at 50 pages an hour. 18 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
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. The Hate U Give was published on February 28, 2017, by HarperCollins imprint Balzer + Bray, which had won a bidding war for the rights to the novel. The book was a commercial success, debuting at number one on The New York Times young adult best-seller list, where it remained for 50 weeks. It won several awards and received critical praise for Thomas's writing and timely subject matter. In writing the novel, Thomas attempted to expand readers' understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as difficulties faced by black Americans who employ code switching. These themes, as well as the vulgar language, attracted some controversy and caused the book to be one of the most challenged books of 2017 and 2018 according to the American Library Association.
How long does it take to read The Hate U Give?
The Hate U Give is 448 pages, so it takes about 9 hours to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 12 hours 48 minutes; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 6 hours 24 minutes.
How many days to read The Hate U Give at 20 minutes a day?
About 27 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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