![]() ![]() ![]() What Thomas has done with THUG in particular is make these topics accessible to young adult readers through her appealing protagonist, Starr, a teenage girl torn between the two worlds of her Black neighborhood and the white private school she attends. What makes her books stand apart from these other hugely successful stories are her themes of racial inequality and police brutality- topics that are unfortunately all too familiar from the news. ![]() With THUG in particular, and in part due to the success of the 2018 film adaptation, Thomas is fast approaching a level of popularity more commonly associated with franchises like the Harry Potter series and The Hunger Games. Her newest, Concrete Rose, occupies the top spot, while The Hate U Give ( THUG), which has been on the list for more than 200 weeks, comes in at number four. She currently rules the New York Times Hardcover Young Adult list with two revolutionary and relatable novels about Black lives in America in the top five. As we enter 2021, there’s no hotter author anywhere than Angie Thomas. ![]()
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