party, Khalil grabs Starr and puts her in his car, making sure she is safe.

On the drive home, Khalil is pulled over by a police officer. The police officer, whom Starr calls One-Fifteen because of his badge number, is angry when Khalil will not respond to his demands. He makes Khalil get out of the car and sits him on the ground beside it. When Khalil opens the door to check on Starr, the police officer believes he is reaching for a gun and shoots him three times. Starr watches her friend bleed to death beside her.

The Carter family decides to keep Starr’s involvement in the night’s events to themselves. The neighborhood doesn’t like it when people work with the police officers, and Starr’s father, Maverick, believes King, a local gang leader, will cause more trouble for Starr if she gets involved. This decision ends up being difficult for Starr. At school, no one knows the events she has witnessed, and she doesn’t feel comfortable opening up to them about it.

Starr goes to the police station to give her statement about the night’s events. She grows upset as the officers only focus on rumors of Khalil’s drug dealings and not on the officer that shot him. Starr and her mom fear Khalil will not have a fair case.

At Khalil’s funeral, April Ofrah speaks about the tragedy of the case and reminds the congregation that Khalil was an unarmed boy shot by the police. She arranges a march to follow the funeral. She also offers to represent Starr, pulling her further into the case. For several days, riots break out around the neighborhood. Starr’s father stays at his store to protect it from rioters. The government sends military tanks into the neighborhood and mandates a 10 pm curfew.

Starr begins publishing “The Khalil I Know,” an anonymous Tumblr that paints the true picture of Khalil. She gives stories, pictures, and memories of her friend. The posts empower her to get more involved, and she goes to April’s office. She learns that the case is going to a grand jury; April volunteers to represent Starr for free.

Thirteen weeks after Khalil’s death, Starr and her family move to a new, higher-class neighborhood. This is a difficult decision for her family, as her father never wanted to turn his back on where he came from, but the move is an important step toward healing.

When the grand jury announces that they find the officer innocent of wrongfully killing Khalil, bigger riots break out. This time, Maverick’s store is burned down. However, as another sign of healing, the neighborhood comes together and reports King for the arson. Starr ends the novel promising Khalil she will continue to fight against injustices in their community.

One of the most important moments in The Hate U Give is when Starr plucks up the courage to testify before a grand jury concerning the shooting of Khalil by a police officer.

What's particularly important about this scene is that it shows moral growth on the part of Starr. It takes enormous courage to do what she's doing, to stand up and be counted and make a stand for justice.

In making this fateful decision, Starr is also getting in touch with her identity as a young Black woman, an identity that she has had to suppress to a certain extent while attending a predominantly white prep school. Testifying before a grand jury can be seen as a way for Starr to affirm her racial identity, a statement of her growing racial consciousness.

Starr realizes all too well that what happened to Khalil could just as easily have happened to her or any other Black person. By taking the stand before the grand jury, she's also taking a stand against the racial injustice to which so many people in her community are subjected on a regular basis.