A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st
century. Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood
where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The
uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to
the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer.
Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her
killed. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and
gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice. Movie rights have
been sold to Fox, with Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games) to star.