The Hate U Give (THUG ... she visits in The Hate U Give. A former teen rapper, she recently won the inaugural Walter Dean Myers Grant awarded by the We Need Diverse Books campaign.

The cover art illustrator for The Hate U Give has said she "wasn't ... it sparked a debate about colourism. The book's author, Angie Thomas also hit back at critics, tweeting that she's just ...

Angie Thomas won the £5,000 award for The Hate U Give, about a teenage girl who witnesses the police shooting of her unarmed best friend. The book takes its title from rapper Tupac Shakur ...