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 are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
很多畅销书的热门主题：黑人歧视。
这本以目击证人的角度讲述了这起案件对她和她的家庭所带来的影响，算是Starr的心理成长的故事。本身不难读，也不血腥暴力，更多的思考为何会形成这样的社会歧视，又要如何去斗争，结局蛮现实的呢……
疯人静养院 