Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old dark young lady, goes to a gathering in her neighborhood, Garden Heights. Starr goes with Kenya, a companion with whom she shares a more seasoned relative, Seven. Since the time going to Williamson Prep, a principally white school, Starr feels strange in the Garden Heights social scene. At the point when Kenya goes off with different companions, Starr runs into her youth closest companion, Khalil Harris, whom she hasn't found in quite a while. Discharges from a posse battle interfere with the gathering, and Khalil offers to take Starr home. While Khalil drives, he clarifies rapper Tupac Shakur's thought that "Hooligan Life" means "The Hate U Give Little Infants F - Everybody." Soon after, a white cop with the identification number one-fifteen pulls them over. Khalil questions the inspiration for the stop, and One-Fifteen requests him out of the vehicle and searches him. One-Fifteen orders Khalil not to move, and comes back to his vehicle. Khalil makes the way for keep an eye on Starr. One-Fifteen lethally shoots Khalil.
Starr has bad dreams about the passing of another cherished companion, Natasha, who kicked the bucket in the crossfire of a pack shooting. At school on Monday, Starr feels tense around Hailey and Chris, her white companion and beau, as recollections of Khalil's passing interfere with her contemplations and she understands they don't comprehend. At the asking of her uncle Carlos, a cop, Starr goes into the police headquarters after school with her mom, Lisa, to affirm about Khalil's shooting. Starr understands that the officials are posing more inquiries about whether Khalil was a troublemaker than about the evening of the shooting. She stresses that equity for Khalil won't be served. At Khalil's memorial service, a legal counselor and extremist named April Ofrah affirms Starr's feelings of trepidation when she declares that the police won't seek after lawful activity against One-Fifteen and welcomes the participants to a convention in Khalil's respect. Starr censures herself for the police's inaction. Ruler, the leader of a nearby posse called the King Lords, likewise intrudes on the burial service and places a dark handkerchief on Khalil's coffin, connoting Khalil's participation in the King Lords. April Ofrah advises Starr to call her on the off chance that she needs legitimate portrayal.
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