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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 novel about one girl's struggle for justice. Bonus content includes an exclusive interview

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Movie tie-in edition of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller and Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner.

Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox, starring Amandla Stenberg
No. 1 New York Times bestseller
"A classic in the making." The Times
"Places a spotlight on Black Lives Matter." Stylist
"Passionate and uncompromising." The Observer
"A must-read." The Pool
"Outstanding." The Guardian
"Powerful." Metro

Read the book that inspired the movie! 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 novel about one girl's struggle for justice.

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Ausgezeichnet: Amnesty Honour (CILIP), 2018.
Ausgezeichnet: Books Are My Bag Readers Awards, 2017.
Ausgezeichnet: Goodreads Choice Awards - Best of the Best!, 2018.
Ausgezeichnet: The British Book Awards - Best Children's Book, 2018.
Ausgezeichnet: Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, 2018.
Nominiert: Carnegie (CILIP), 2018.
Nominiert: FCBG Children's Book Award, 2020.
Nominiert: Great Reads Award, 2017.
Nominiert: Kings School Teen Aw...