The Hate U Give Lesson Plan

Angie Thomas claims that before the publication of The Hate U Give, her greatest accomplishment was an article about her teenage rapping career published in Right-On magazine. The Hate U Give knocked that accomplishment out of the park—it was a #1 New York Times Bestseller, acquired by the Balzer + Bray branch of HarperCollins publishers after a bidding war among 13 publishing houses. Since its publication, the book has received starred reviews from eight literary journals—a particularly high number for a young adult novel. Publications such as The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly have referred to the book as “required reading,” and a film adaption starring Hunger Games actress...