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I really do hope 'The Hate U Give' provides mirrors for readers who don't often get them in books. I've had so many young black girls tell me just how thrilled they are to see someone who looks like them on the cover. I hope that they see themselves in the pages as well.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Black Books Cover Get Girl Give Had Hate Hope How Just Like Looks Many Me Mirrors Often Pages Provides Readers Really See Someone Tell Them Themselves Thrilled Well Who Young I Hope That

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Representation makes a difference.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Difference Makes Representation

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Initially, I wanted to write middle grade. YA scared me: there's a lot of responsibility in being a YA author. It's so important to give that age range the right books that reflect their world and show them themselves.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Age Author Being Books Give Grade Important Initially Lot Me Middle Range Reflect Responsibility Right Scared Show Them Themselves Wanted World Write Ya

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YA does a fantastic job of being socially aware and, at the same time, entertaining.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Aware Being Does Entertaining Fantastic Job Same Same Time Socially Time Ya

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I wanted to write a book like a rapper would write it - I didn't want to hold back. Rappers catch a lot of slack; I'm not going to be cursing up a storm, but when I look at Nas... his first album is one of my favorites. I want to tell stories like that.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Album Back Book Catch Cursing Favorites First Going His Hold Like Look Lot Rapper Rappers Slack Stories Storm Tell Up Want Wanted Would Write

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When I was in the YA age range myself, I didn't feel like there were a lot of books for me.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Age Books Feel Like Lot Me Myself Range Were Ya

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At the time when I was in college, Oscar Grant had just lost his life in Oakland, Calif. He was an unarmed young black male who had a record. And at the time when his death was making headlines, more people were talking about what he had done in his past than the fact that he unjustly lost his life.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: About Black College Death Done Fact Grant Had He Headlines His Just Life Lost Making Male More More People Oakland Oscar Past People Record Talking Than Time Unarmed Were Who Young

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We're seeing young people find their own voices and find their activism.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Activism Find Own People Seeing Voices Young Young People

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I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes, I could go from thinking deeply to laughing to crying to partying.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Album Could Crying Deeply Few Go His Laughing Like Listen Minutes Often Partying Say Thinking Tupac Want Within Write

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I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Accountable Cops Country Each Holding More Officers Other People See Think Trust Will I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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