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The book starts off with the main character, Starr, at a party. She attend the party with a friend of hers who is also her half-sister, Kenya. Later on they separate while still at the party. This causes Starr to bump into an old friend, Khalil. They talk for a while discussing personal things which give us some more character information, until gunshots are heard at the party. This engages the duo to flea to a safer place via road. while on the road they start talking more about what has been going on between them and their old deceased friend who we will learn about further in the book. As they are conversing they hear the sound of the cops behind them.

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Continuing from chapter 1, the chapter starts off with a flashback from Starr about how to handle being stopped by the cops, she had to learn this at a young age because some cops were ruthless especially since she had a different skin tone. the officer proceeds t question them, Khalil not doing what he asks gets yanked out of the car and pinned against it, the officer goes to try and dig up some dirt oh khalil and while he does that Khalil makes a sudden move by trying to ask Starr if she was okay, which results in him getting shot 3 times. Starr then rushes to his aid but before she can check on him completely the cop makes her get on ground next to Khalil's corpse until more people make it to the scene.

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After that incident, paramedics and more cops arrive on the scene moving personal belongings around in Khalil's car which gets Starr really anxious. They manage to get back home and Starr goes to bed. When she wakes up she thinks about her deceased friend, Natasha and how she died. She goes into the kitchen after her flashbacks and gets some information on her brother's step-dad, King. Seven, her brother, then proceeds to ask why Khalil was shot. Starr then begins to worry what will happen to her when people find out she was there (important later in the book). Starr then hopes that she could've stayed home an watched her favorite show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. They then proceed to go to Carter's Grocery. While in the store Kenya meets up with Starr and they go to the shop across the street to get some pound cake and while they're going back to the store, they bump into Seven's dad, King.

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The chapter starts off with Starr waking up from a nightmare and going to the kitchen were she overhears her parents arguing with her uncle, Carlos. Star enters the room and he asks her if she would answer some questions at the police station. After that they, Starr and her parents, go visit Mrs Rosalie, Khalil's grandmother who helped take care of Khalil because his mother was a addict and couldn't do it herself. It turns out that Khalil was selling illegal medication and was trying to get out of the business. They then give Mrs. Rosalie money for the funeral.

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Starr's mom drives her and her younger brother to their school, Williamson Prep. Starr meets up with her friends at school. Before class starts Starr runs into her boyfriend, Chris, who was trying to apologize for an incident that happened when she was at his house. As the end of the day her brother, Seven drives Star and Sekani, her other brother, to the clinic where their mother works. The children arrive at the clinic and greet Lisa, Starr's mom. Soon an anguished Brenda, Khalil's mom, arrives completely disheveled with dirty clothes crying over Khalil's death.

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Starr and her mother arrive at the police station for questioning after the incident with Brenda. Two detectives come out and question Starr about the night of the unfortunate death. Starr believed that the detectives weren't trying to help khalil but to make it look like it was okay to shoot him. They leave the trial with shared knowledge of how it was all BS.

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Khalil's name finally appears in the news, along with the title "Suspected Drug Dealer." At Williamson Hailey drags Starr and Maya onto the basketball court and makes a racist comment while playing and that sets her off. They then ask if the Khalil that was shot and killed was the same khalil that attended her birthday parties as little children and she denied it, from the worry of how they would think of her. She then is sent to the school shrink but decided to go to the headmaster and faked menstrual cramps in order to go home.

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It starts with the day of Khalil's funeral. Starr and her family first go to see khalil in his casket, then sits in the front row for Khalil's friends. Starr feels unworthy to sit there for what she did and for how long they didn't hang out together. King, Iesha, and a group of King Lords suddenly enter from the back of the church. Iesha wears heavy makeup and a skimpy black dress, and Starr can sense the tension between her parents in that moment. The King Lords show up saying they would pay for the funeral but Mrs. Rosalie refused their "filthy money." This event makes star think and realize Khalil was apart of a gang and feels even more guilty. After the funeral, protesters outside of the church hold signs demanding “Justice for Khalil”, “Am I Next?”, and “Enough Is Enough.”

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Protests begin to pop up left and right through Garden Heights for the unjust of Khalil's killing. The protests have gone violent and the police have said that there is no reason to arrest one-fifteen. Seven and Starr go to Rose Park the next day for their monthly basketball game and almost gets robbed by some Garden Disciples but is saved by DeVante, a King Lord. Maverick then goes to the park and picks them and goes back home while ranting about how it was dumb of them to not notify him or Lisa that they were going to go to the park. Later they go and visit Carlos and Starr and Chris, who shows up, get into an argument with Starr ultimately losing.

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Lisa and Starr spend the night at Carlos's to avoid the riots, but protests continue to fill the streets when they drive home the next morning. Starr is terrified when they have to pass throughout a police checkpoint, and grips the door handle. Maverick then has a conversation about illegal medication, racism, and lack of opportunity to get a job with his daughter. When they arrive back at the store they find DeVante who is hiding from King, because he wants him to take care of the people who killed his brother, Dalvin. (Dalvin was the person who died in chapter 1 during the party) Maverick then agrees to help DeVante and he starts working in the store. Later Maverick and Lisa argue because Lisa wants whats best for her children, not saying that Maverick doesn't, and Maverick wants to help DeVante get loose of King.

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The chapter starts off with the students protesting for Khalil's death that none of them actually care about except a handful. they did it just to get out of class. later in the chapter an interview happens and Mr. Lewis snitches on King for being a dealer and a thug. it is revealed that Mr. Lewis fought in the war and isn't scared at all by King. While the two, Maverick and Mr. Lewis are talking, a police officers rolls up and accuses Maverick of harassing Mr. Lewis and tries to arrest him for absolutely nothing. after that it is shared that the officer did that in order to scare Starr off because it was public knowledge now that she was a witness to the crime. Kenya then called her a coward for not speaking up and how it was like having an opportunity to help the whole neighborhood and she just stomped on it.

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Tanks roll through Garden Heights. A curfew has now been implemented. Lisa has been updating relatives via Facebook. A new Tumblr Post was made about how Khalil was innocent. Seven was kicked out from his old house and now lives with Starr and her family. Starr and Lisa then go and visit the Just Us for Justice office. The office is empty except for Ms. Ofrah. Maverick comes in later and then it is discussed that there will be a TV interview for officer one-fifteen to try and clear his name. Later it is revealed that the 'armed firearm' was just a hairbrush, this causes Starr to agree to do the TV interview. Maverick then gets a phone call from a frantic DeVante, and says they are on their way.

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Back at the store they find Mr. Lewis beaten and bloody from an attack from 5 King Lords. It is revealed that DeVante stole 5k from King and was trying to get his mother and sister out of Garden Heights before King got to them, it worked but they wouldn't let him go with them. Maverick takes Devante to Carlos's and he ends up living there. Chris then pops up and Maverick gets real mad because he was the last to know that his daughter was dating a white boy. Maverick leaves angry and then DeVante says that Khalil talked about Starr a bunch.

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Needing to clear her head she goes to her friend's, Maya, house. When she arrived Maya and Hailey were there. The tension was thick until Starr tries to lessen it by asking the questions she wanted to ask from the beginning of the book. Hailey is appalled for being called racist and leaves. it turns out Carlos was on leave because he punched one-fifteen. He apologizes for trying to rationalize Khalil's death and is guilty over the fact.

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The morning of Lisa takes Starr to IHOP but doesn't eat. Starr opens up about Hailey but leaves out details. Lisa tells Starr to either salvage or let go of that relationship, she meats up with the DA and tells the details of the shooting. Maverick and Starr head back to the store together. There, Maverick asks Starr what she sees in Chris—and if she has a problem with black boys. King then shows up and asks for DeVante. Lisa is offered a new job with a lot of bonus's and Seven will stay by going to community college.

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Five weeks have past since the shooting and Starr will be doing an interview. The interview starts and Starr describes the Khalil that SHE knew. Starr then goes into details even though Ms. Ofrah warned her not to because she felt it was only right. Starr then goes on and states that no matter what it was still killing no matter who Khalil was associated with. she then goes on to expose the interview with one-fifteen as being false as she give the real details of the night.

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The interview proved as one of the most watched in the networks history and a bunch of support was sent out towards Starr. Starr then goes to prom with Chris but he acts coldly towards her because it turned out he knew she was the witness to Khalil's death and he was hurt she didn't tell him beforehand. They end up getting over it and go back once Seven and Layla come to get them.

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Lisa and Maverick take the kids to their new home and get settled relativity quickly. The night before Starr testifies, they got attacked in their new home. some King Lords show up and they are lead by a fellow friend, Goon, of maverick who will protect them for the night. Carlos and Maverick then get in a fight of how Carlos doesn't love the children and they fight.

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Starr wakes up to bacon and the King Lords eat while she goes outside to give her uncle and father their breakfast. The King Lords then drive the Carters to the courthouse. Starr then proceeds to go through a mass swarm of media and goes alone into the courthouse, Starr is then sworn and starts her testimony. Part of Starr is terrified, but another part of her remembers that her parents are watching her, and that Khalil needs her.  Strengthened by this thought, she says she is ready to speak.

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its been weeks since Khalil's death and a couple since she talked to the grand jury. Hailey accuses Starr of being a liar for not knowing who Khalil was in the beginning, she then goes on saying how it was good that they killed him. Hailey then gets clocked by Starr. Later the Carters’ house is filled with both King Lords and Garden Disciples. Maverick says that regardless of the indictment verdict, they can’t let riots get out of hand and have people burn the neighborhood down; though people are angry, destroying their home won’t fix things. The gangs then agree and put their differences aside if only for the time being.

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ten weeks have passed since Khalil's death. Carlos hosts a barbecue for Memorial Day at his house. Chris and Maya show up and its tense because Starr doesn't know how they're gonna act, luckily they all get along. Iesha, Seven's mom shows up at Seven's graduation party and is angry he didn't tell her but that was the last straw before he just com-busted on her about all the things she did and didn't do. then it ends with both Kenya and Starr talking then going back inside to comfort Seven.

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Thirteen weeks have passed since Khalil's death. The Carters have moved into their new house, and Starr realizes that in her new and safer neighborhood she can just tell her parents she is going for a walk and actually not worry them. he calls Chris and they go to his house, they talk some things out and she cries it out. Starr then proceeds to get a call from Seven saying that DeVante is missing. They go to where they believe DeVante is, Iesha's home. Iesha then helps them by distracting King while everyone else gets away. As they drive away a Tupac song comes on and after it is finished an announcement comes on saying that the grand jury will not indict One-Fifteen.

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They are still in the car and it is silent. Starr then come to the census that if the world didn't care about her, she didn't care about the world. Riots appear left and right as things start getting "wild". Star, Seven, and Chris get on top of a bus and protest with the rest. They soon realize its getting too out of control and leave before people start dying. As they're in the car and making lighthearted banter they hear gunshots.

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Seven tries to avoid protests, but many streets are blocked off by the police. they then soon find themselves stranded on an unfamiliar street and start walking until they come upon the street from which Khalil was shot at. April Ofrah and many others chant "A hairbrush is not a gun." Starr joins in along with the other three. Star gets on top of a cop car and chant "Khalil Lived." the officers through tear gas but Starr vaults it back, by this time Goon comes and picks them up to take them away. They end up in Carter's Grocery and pour milk on their face to get rid of the pain. As they were going to leave someone throws a molotov into the store and it sets alight.

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The group tries to escape through the back door but its locked, Maverick shows up and helps them get out. King started it and Maverick snitches on him along with the crowd gathered around. An ambulance and firefighters arrive on seen and put out the fire but there's not much to save in the end. The police take King and his followers away in their cars. They wouldn't be able to hold king long even if charged for arson, but DeVante knew where King kept his stash so they would be able to hold him for way longer.

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The next morning Ms Ofrah called and apologized for putting Starr in danger, but also says she thinks Starr has a future in being a activist. Hailey ends up texting Starr and saying sorry but not for what Starr wanted her to be sorry for, in the end she cut her off. The Carters end up going over to see the damage after the fire to the shop and are surprised when Mr Lewis says he was retiring and that he wanted Maverick to take over his shop. Kenya shows up and her and Starr have a heartfelt conversation about why Kenya called Seven "my" brother instead of "our" brother. Star then says how the world may have seen Khalil as a thug, but she will remember him as a hazel-eyed boy with dimples. People in the communities are fighting back and wont stand for it any longer, she promises to never forget, never give up, and to never be quiet.

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Okay, now that I've finished writing all the summaries and reading the book i will give my thoughts from the beginning of the book to the end, In the beginning the book felts slow, which is what happens when you read a new book, i was indifferent with the book and was just amused with the language in the beginning, but as the book continued i became engrossed and kept reading, i got a little emotional when thinking about if this happened to me and if i was in this situation what i would've done. This really does stir the pot of police brutality towards black people but that is just the world we live in and it may be a long time before it completely dissipates. i remember from one of my classes a teacher taught me that in each religion, or group, or people. there will always be an extremist among them. this has the same element of police brutality and even racism, some people just take things too far from the ideals of their beliefs and try to implement them to other who they believe is wrong and unjust. some examples would be ISIS, an extremist group of Muslims, the KKK an extremist group of Christians. The Holocaust, while not a group involved certain people of their shared beliefs. The book surprised me by how much character development and plot was made and i cant wait to watch the movie. These are my thoughts on the book

Sincerely,
Manuel Basaldua