480 pages | Paperback

Angie Thomass #1New York Timesbestselling, award-winning debut inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, about a teen girl who is the only witness to her friends fatal shooting by a police officer, is now available in paperback and includes a foreword and an antiracism guide.

NEARLY 3 MILLION COPIES IN PRINT!

• 8 starred reviews Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the BestWilliam C. Morris Award Winner National Book Award Longlist Printz Honor Book Coretta Scott King Honor Book #1New York TimesBestseller!
• “Absolutely riveting!” Jason Reynolds
• “Stunning.” John Green
• “This story is necessary. This story is important.” Kirkus Reviews(starred review)
• “Heartbreakingly topical.” Publishers Weekly(starred review)
• “A marvel of verisimilitude.” ALABooklist(starred review)
• “A powerful, in-your-face novel.” Horn Book(starred review)

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.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalils name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: Whatreallywent down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.

But what Starr doesor does notsay could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.