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"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
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Patsy, an orphaned slave who has taught herself to read and write, teaches and educates former slaves, old and young, after the end of the Civil War and the abolishment of slavery. Patsy's diary is filled with courage, conviction and hope as she strives towards freedom.
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