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carlos and maverick are sitting together, carlos motions for Starr to sit in between them, and much to her surprise, they appear to be getting along—joking with one another about the characters of Garden Heights. Carlos insinuates that they worked through their issues, their shared love of Starr being much more important than any qualms they had with each other.Starr hated the courthouse because it took her father away from her.  a media circus has surrounded the courthouse. A security guard leads the Carters through, but Starr must go into the courtroom alone. Before she does so, Lisa tells Starr how proud she is of her and that she is brave. Starr bristles at this word, but Lisa asserts that being brave doesn’t mean she is not scared. maverick hugs Starr in support. Though Starr has to go into the room alone, she feels as though her parents are with her.
It has been two weeks since starr talked to the grand jury and eight weeks since khalil’s death. seven drives Starr to school, and appears on guard even at Williamson; he has grown more protective of Starr following her dry-snitching on king, whom carlos has said the police are watching closely. starr sees maya and Haliey talking outside Hailey’s locker. Hailey has a smug expression on her face and calls Starr a “liar” when she approaches. Hailey then hands Starr two photographs of khalil. The first, said to be the image the news has shared, is what maverick calls Khalil’s “thugshot,” in which he holds a bunch of money to the camera. The second is from Starr’s twelfth birthday party, and shows her, Khalil, and Hailey eating cake. starr punches Hailey in the face, students start to crowd.

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The interview proves one of the most watched in the network’s history, and there is an outpouring of support for Starr online. Kenya texts her approval, but also says King is angry that Starr effectively snitched on him. The Saturday of prom arrives, and Starr is sitting in a Rolls Royce with Chris. He behaves coldly towards Starr, answering her questions “robotically” and barely looking at her. Loud music greets them as they arrive at the ballroom, and Starr notes how different Williamson and Garden Heights parties are. For one thing, the people at Williamson can’t dance. Haliey stops talking to Starr and Maya over all. Starr storms out of the ballroom and back to the Rolls Royce. Chris runs after her and tells her he watched the interview and recognized her voice; he knows she is the witness. He is heartbroken that she kept that, and so much more about her past, from him. Starr explains that she feels she can’t share that part of herself with his world because people “use it against her,” treating her like a charity case from “the ghetto.” Chris begs Starr to open up to him. Unable to keep up the charade of bouncing between her two different personas. Starr’s family is looking for new homes so the visit one. when they get home their house is shot at while they are watching a basketball game. everyone is ok though .

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Starr goes to breakfast with her mom and tells her about haliey but she leaves out some details. Lisa stayed with Maverick after he cheated on her with Iesha because she decided that the good in their relationship outweighed the bad. She advises Starr to think the same way about Hailey, and decide whether the relationship is worth saving. If not, Starr should let Hailey go. Later that day Starr meets the DA, a white woman named Karen, who apologizes for taking so long to meet. The meeting is relatively quick, and Starr is grateful that she “doesn’t ask any stupid questions about Khalil.” While explaining the details of the shooting, however, Starr vomits. Five weeks have passed since the shooting, andApril Ofrah has arranged for Starr to do an interview with national news anchor Diane Carey. Starr ends the interview by wondering whether One-Fifteen wishes he had shot her too.

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Mr. Lewis eye swollen shut and cheek slashed. He says five King Lords attacked him, and is proud of putting up a fight. Lisa and Maverick note that he is lucky to be alive; with King Lords, snitches do not simply “get stitches”—they get “graves.” Mr. Lewis scoffs at their concerns. He says they were really after DeVante—that King will kill him when he finds him, and that King also knows Maverick is hiding him.
Starr leaves and walks to Maya’s house nearby. Maya is excited to see Starr, but Hailey, who is also there, remains cold. After a brief time playing video games, Hailey cuts the tension in the room and asks Starr why she is mad at them. Starr asks why Hailey attended the fake protest for Khalil and Hailey defends herself by saying everyone else did it too. Maya apologizes for using a “tragedy to get out of class,” but Hailey refuses to admit she was wrong. Instead, she demands Starr apologize for calling her racist. Starr realizes that Hailey has always been a master of twisting situations so that she seems like the victim, but Starr refuses to fall for it anymore. Starr insists her fried chicken comment was, in fact, racist. Hailey still refuses to apologize, and they sit in tense silence while watching TV. Starr and Haliey argue some more then Haliey leaves. Maya then tells Starr haliey unfollowed her because of starr’s “black stuff”.

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Hailey reveals that her brother, Remy, is starting a protest for Khalil simply to get out of class. Making matters worse, Hailey says it is messed up that they’re protesting a “drug dealer’s” death. A disgusted Starr tells her that should have nothing to do with it and tells Hailey to leave her alone. She decides she is “done following Hailey.” Five minutes into class students start chanting “Justice for Khalil” and students walk out of the classroom. Only Starr and Chris stay behind. Later in the lunchroom, Starr is happy to see that Jess, a friend from the basketball team who is white, refused to join the protest as well.  She, Starr, Chris, Seven, and Layla joke that they are protesting the “Get Out of Class Protest.”
Maverick calls Mr. Lewis crazy after the interview for snitching on television, insisting he is “a dead man walking.” Mr. Lewis asserts that unlike the rest of the neighborhood, he isn’t scared of King. A police car with two officers shows up and they approach Maverick and Mr.Lewis. An officer, who is black, accuses Maverick of harassing Mr. Lewis, a claim both calmly deny. Starr thinks they have targeted her father because of his baggy clothes and tattoos. Larry asks for Maverick’s ID, which he very slowly hands him, not wanting to make any sudden movements. Upon seeing his name, Larry forces Maverick to the ground and thrusts his knee into his back. A crowd formed, the officers tell them to leave, but they insist they this “is their business.” Larry begrudgingly lets Maverick up. Before the cops leave, Larry tells Maverick he will “keep an eye on him.”

Tanks rumble through Garden Heights. A curfew has been implemented. starr talks to the police, and is called brave but she doesn’t believe she’s brave.

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Maverick spends the night at his store to protect it from rioters and instructs his family to stay indoors at home. Starr says her neighborhood is a war zone. shots are heard outside and the family moves to the ‘den’ which is a room with no windows. starr has a nigtmare about natasha. in the morning seven and starr go to play their monthly game of basketball. starr yells to her parents that they are leaving. devante ‘saves’ them from some gang boys. starr realized this is the devante kenya is mad about. starr and seven get yelled at by maverick for leaving without telling him or lisa. He rants as he drives them home, pointing out the danger of going to play ball when the neighborhood is so dangerous that the National Guard has arrived. Back home, Lisa is equally angry. She demands Starr and Seven hand over their cellphones. starr is taken to uncle carlos house. Chris shows up at the front door unannounced, wanting to check on Starr following the riots and also demanding to know why she has been ignoring him. Starr angrily blurts out that he simply cannot understand what is going on with her because he is white. Chris insists he doesn’t care about their differences, and asks Starr to help him understand.  going home, starr and her mom and brother have to stop at a police checkpoint and starr is terrifyed. Starr gets into the car withMaverick, who plays Tupac as he drives.

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Khalil’s name appeared in the news as an suspected drug dealer. they didn’t mention he was unarmed and they also don’t mention Starr’s name but they do say there’s a witness. Starr again realized Chris is white and thinks it’s a slap in the face to the men in her life. Starr believes that Haliey makes a racist joke and gets mad. starr bursts into tears in the gym because haliey brings up natasha. starr gets Carlos to pick her up saying she has girl problems. he takes her for froyo and he asks what’s really wron. she says she was worried about attending khalil’s funeral because she hasn’t seen him in months. she asks carlos why one-fifteen was not arrested yet, carlos is a police too. starr and him talk about the accident, she states that one- fifteen also pointed his gun at her and carlos got upset. it’s khalils funeral and there are people wearing ‘rip khalil’ shirts. khalil has a open casket and starr counts the people in front of her because she dreads the fact she’s gonna see him. she has a flashback to natasha’s funeral. a women, April Ofrah, comes up to starr and her family saying she would defend her in the trial of the police. a group of king lords came to the funeral and tried to put a bandage on khalil, which would mean he was one of them.

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Starr introduces code switching and how she acts different in school and in her neighborhood. we are introduced to Maya and her boyfriend Ryan, the only other black student in their grade. we are also introduced to  Haliey, haliey is starr’s oldest friend at her school but they have tension between them. Before first period, Starr runs into Chris, who she’s been ignoring. after school Starr and her siblings get food then go to their moms work. Starr and her mom go to the police station to talk to the detectives. Starr is asked questions about Khalil and answered them making sure that the detectives don’t twist her words. They leave the interview knowing that this is gonna be a long ride.

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While waiting for her parents to pick her up, Starr notes that officials “leave Khalil’s body in the street like an exhibit.” Starr’s parents take her home and put her to bed. in the morning Starr remembered Natasha, at ten, Natasha called for Starr to join her in running through a busted fire hydrant. While happily playing in the water, shots suddenly rang out. Starr dove into a bush of roses for cover, but Natasha was shot and killed. Starr’s favorite show is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Starr has a boyfriend, who’s name is Chris. Chris is white. Starr overheard her parents and her uncle Carlos arguing. Carlos asked Starr if she would talk to detectives. Carlos practically raised Starr when her dad was in prison. Starr and her family visit Khalil’s grandma. It was figured out that Khalil sold drugs.

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The book starts with Starr and Kenya (Starr and Kenya share a brother Seven, him and Kenya share a mom and him and Starr share a dad) at a party, Starr states how she doesn't belong or fit in at the party. Starr goes to Williamson Prep. Starr then sees Khalil, a close childhood friend who until recently worked at the Carter family’s store. Khalil is wearing expensive sneakers and jewelry. He has been selling drugs. Shots are fired and Starr and Khalil run to Khalil’s car. Khalil combs his hair. It’s introduced that Starr’s dad, Maverick, was a King lord at one point but left the gang. Starr and Khalil listen to some Tupac and talk about it. A police pulled them over,  Starr anxiously asks Khalil is there is anything in the car. He says there isn’t. The officer shines his light in their faces and asks Khalil for his license and registration. Khalil asks why they were pulled over, breaking the “rules” of how to engage with law enforcement. The increasingly terrified Starr tells Khalil to just do what he says. The officer is a white man with the badge number one-fifteen. One-fifteen says he has pulled them over for a broken taillight and asks where they are coming from, to which Khalil responds with “nunya.” One-Fifteen demands that Khalil get out of the car, pins his arm behind his back, and proceeds to search him. Khalil opened the door to ask Starr if she is okay. The police shoots Khalil in the back 3 times and kills him