Read Between The Lines Teen Book Club

Teens are welcome to visit the library to get a copy of our monthly book selection and register for the upcoming meeting. Our next meeting will be held on June 7th at 3:30 pm, where we will be discussing our current read, “The Hate U Give”, by Angie Thomas. Following the discussion, we will also be screening the movie adaptation of the book.

“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.”

If you're interested in reading more, I recommend checking out the two other books Thomas wrote about the Carter family. The prequel is called "Concrete Rose" and the sequel is “On the Come Up”. In addition to the powerful novels written by Angie Thomas, there are the real-life stories of Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice that inspired this impactful work.