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 Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life. Provided by publisher.

Coretta Scott King Book Award Nominee for Author Honor (2018). Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature (2017). Carnegie Medal Nominee (2018). NAACP Image AWard Nominee for Youth/Teens (2018). Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Readers' Favorite Debut Goodreads Author (2017). Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Readers' Favorite Young Adult Fiction (2017). National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature (2017). William C. Morris YA Debut Award (2018). Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult (2018). .