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Young-adult novels that address racial profiling and police brutality are finding an audience

ALEXANDRA ALTER NEW YORK TIMES
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Angie Thomas started writing her young-adult novel, “The Hate U Give,” in reaction to a fatal shooting that took place some 2,000 miles away. But to her it felt deeply personal. Thomas was a college student in Jackson, Mississippi, when a white...

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