I haven't read this yet. It's on my list, and it's powerful and timely. Here's a summary from a Slate blog post by Aisha Harris (the whole of which goes into a lot more detail, fyi):

"Angie Thomas' debut young adult novel,  The Hate U Give, has been at the top of the YA best-seller lists for six weeks. It's a poignant story told from the perspective of a 16-year-old black girl who weathers all the adolescent storms that have long been tropes of the YA genre--growing apart from childhood friends, the first-time rush of crushes, the evolving, more complicated relationships with your own parents...But The Hate U Give is more than just a series of familiar growing pangs. Undergirding Thomas' narrative is the polarizing issue of police brutality, as her protagonist, Starr, is forced to grow up-fast-after witnessing a police officer kill her childhood friend, Khalil, during a traffic stop. Starr's story echoes the real-life narratives so often glossed over or all together ignored by the news cycle when it comes to police shootings of people of color."

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10 am  Story Time  

11 am Parade 

1 2 pm Picnic with Frog and Toad

2-6 pm Author Extravaganza 

with

· Amy Ignatow (MG) 

· Alex London (YA)

·  Judy Schachner  

·   Ame Dyckman   

·   M ô nica Carnesi 

· Sandy Asher 

· Julie Fortenberry 

·   Margo Rabb (YA)  

·   Sonia Belasco (YA) 

·  Justina Ireland (YA) 

·   Victoria Scott (MG) 

· Tiffany Schmidt (YA)