Movie tie-in edition of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller and Waterstones Childrens Book Prize Winner. Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox, starring Amandla Stenberg No. 1 New York Times bestseller A classic in the making. the Times Places a spotlight on Black Lives Matter. Stylist Passionate and uncompromising. the Observer A must-read. the Pool Outstanding. the Guardian Powerful. Metro Read the book that inspired the movie! Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. the uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping novel about one girls struggle for justice.