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Review of Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie ThomasIntermediate Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 368 pp.4/23 9780063225138 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063225152 $12.99Acclaimed for her young adult realistic fiction, Thomas (The Hate U Give, rev. 3/17) has taken on a new venture with this middle-grade fantasy. It’s Nichole “Nic” Blake’s twelfth birthday,...
Review of Concrete Rose
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas High School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 368 pp. g 1/21 978-0-06-284671-6 $19.99 Library ed. 978-1-4328-8474-1 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-284675-4 $12.99 One of the most dynamic characters in Thomas’s acclaimed The Hate U Give (rev. 3/17) is Starr’s father, Maverick Carter. In this prequel, seventeen-year-old Mav has...
On the Come Up: Angie Thomas's 2019 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Honor Speech
Friends, homies, and everything in between, I am so sorry that I cannot be there with you tonight. When I got the news that On the Come Up was a Boston Globe–Horn Book honoree, I was stunned. Yes, even after everything I’ve experienced, I still get stunned. The last time I saw...
The Hate U Give movie review
Two weeks ago we saw The Hate U Give (Fox, October 2018; PG-13), the new film adaptation of Angie Thomas’s bestselling young adult novel. The story follows African American teenager Starr Carter, who witnesses a police officer’s shooting of her unarmed friend and must decide whether to speak out in...
2018 Carnegie and Greenaway Medal winners announced!
The 2018 winners of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals — the UK’s Newbery and Caldecott equivalents — were announced today. The awards are presented annually by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).Geraldine McCaughrean was awarded the Carnegie Medal, which recognizes "the writer of an outstanding book...
Recap: Angie Thomas at First Parish Church in Cambridge, MA
I was lucky enough to be part of the sold-out audience at First Parish Church in Cambridge, MA, Tuesday night to hear her discuss The Hate U Give (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray) with Here & Now radio host Robin Young, sponsored by Harvard Book Store and WBUR. It was the day...
The Hate U Give: Angie Thomas's 2017 BGHB Fiction & Poetry Award Speech
I stand before you tonight, completely stunned that I’ve won anything for a book I was so afraid to write; a book that was inspired by someone as controversial as Tupac Shakur. I’m even more stunned that I wrote a book.This is possibly blasphemous to say, but as a teen...
From The Boston Globe: "'The Hate U Give' pulled from Texas school district's shelves"
Well said, sir! Read Roger's quote in the Boston Globe article: "'The Hate U Give' pulled from Texas school district’s shelves." Photo taken at the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards....
Five questions for 2017 Fiction and Poetry winner Angie Thomas
1. You shared on Twitter that in manuscript stage you wondered how this book’s subject matter would be received (“Are novels that deal with sensitive current issues a no-no?”). How much was that concern on your mind when you were first writing, and how did it affect your writing process?AT:...
Angie Thomas on The Hate U Give
In our March/April 2017 issue, assistant editor Shoshana Flax asked author Angie Thomas about the timeliness of her important novel The Hate U Give. Read the full starred review.Shoshana Flax: The book feels very, tragically up-to-the-minute. How far into the editorial process were you making changes based on current events?Angie...
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