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Black Lives Matter novel wins Waterstones children's book of the year

Written By Unknown on Thursday, March 22, 2018 | 4:04 PM

The Hate U Give, by US author Angie Thomas, has been praised as an extraordinary achievement

A young adult novel inspired by both the Black Lives Matter movement and the rapper Tupac Shakur has won the Waterstones children’s book prize.

Angie Thomas’s debut The Hate U Give won the £5,000 prize, an accolade decided entirely by booksellers, at a ceremony in London on 22 March. Following Starr, a teenage girl split between the poverty of her childhood and the affluent high school she attends, The Hate U Give explores racism and the aftermath of police violence when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of an unarmed friend at the hands of an officer.

Related: Angie Thomas: the debut novelist who turned racism and police violence into a bestseller

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