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Mr. Reuben’s nephew.

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DeVante’s brother who is shot and killed at Big D’s party.

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A lawyer with Just Us for Justice who agrees to represent Starr pro bono and encourages Starr’s activism

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DeVante is a teenage boy living in Garden Heights, and whose brother is killed at Big D's party. He is a King Lord.

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Owns a soul food establishment in Garden Heights.

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Brickz is the Carter family's loving pitbull.

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Brenda is Khalil's mother, but seems to have a drug addiction and was never there for Khalil. Starr hated it when she found out that Khalil died because she didn't ever know how much Khalil cried when she didn't show up on all the Holidays.

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King is one of the biggest drug dealers in Garden Heights, and is part of the gang that Maverick was in. He refers Maverick as "Big Mav"

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Maya Yang is one of Starr's closet friend at Williamson, she is also on Starr's basketball team. She is very supportive friend and will stand up for them.

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Hailey Grant is Starr’s oldest friend at Williamson, and she can be a bit racist at times. She lost her mother due to Cancer.
Her mother died about when Natasha died, but throughout the novel, we begin to notice how anti black she is.

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Jess is a student at Willamson and is on Starr's basketball team.

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Tammy is Khalil's Aunt and lives in NYC

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Mrs. Rosalie is Khalil’s grandmother. She also took in Lisa when she got pregnant in high school with Starr.

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Carlos is Lisa’s older brother and a detective on the same police force as One-Fifteen. A second father figure to Starr when Maverick is in jail. He is also very father like to Starr.

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Mr. Lewis is a grumpy old man that goes to Maverick Carter's store often. He got so mad that while on live TV, he snitched on King, saying he was"The biggest drug-dealer in Garden Heights" Maverick tries to warn him about King but Mr. Lewis is too stubborn

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Chris is Starr's boyfriend. Lisa Carter (Starr's Mom) and Seven Carter (Starr's brother) both approve of him. Maverick Carter (Starr's father) doesn't know about Starr's boyfriend and would probably disapprove because he is white. He is trying to win Starr back after going too far with he the last time they saw each other.

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Maverick Carter is the father of Starr, Sekani, and Seven. He is the husband of Lisa Carter.

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Lisa Carter is the mother of Sekani, Starr, and Seven Carter. She is the wife of Maverick Carter.

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Sekani is Starr and Seven's seven year old younger brother.

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Seven is Starr and Kenya's older brother are cares about both of them. He wants to get

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Kenya is the second character introduced in the novel "The Hate U Give" She keeps Starr connected to the community and is the one who drags Starr to Big D's party. She seems to know most of the people there at the party and is apparently holding a grudge against a African American girl from her school named Denasia.

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Khalil is Starr Carter's childhood best friend. He runs into Starr while at a Garden Heights party dressed very fancy. Starr is worried that he took up dealing, Khalil denies it. After someone is shot at the party, Khalil and Starr flee the scene, they are then pulled over by a white cop. Khalil was in the mist of being arrested, but then he made a sudden movement that lead to him being shot. Khalil dies.

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Starr is a sixteen-year old African-American girl living in Garden Heights, a financially poor black neighborhood. She is dragged to a party where after, her childhood best friend gets shot. She is dragged into a police station to be the witness of what happened to Khalil. She is also very scared about the fact that she has to go to Khalil's funeral, it is almost too much when she sees the RIP Khalil shirts.