Look through the glass, 
                                                                                      What do you see? 
                                                                                                                            On that flower, 
                                                                                                            Is a honey bee.

Look through the glass,
                                                                                                                      Use your eye, 
                                                                                                                   Fluffy white clouds,                                                                                         
In the light blue sky.

Look through the glass, 
                                                                                             Under it this time, 
                                                                                                                    Is a small snake, 
                                                                                                                                With dark scales that shine.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Look through the glass, 
                                                                                                             With the last beam of light, 
                                                                                                     Geese to the heavens, 
                                                                                                             Lost in flight.

Look through the glass, 
                                                                                                              With wonder and bright, 
                                                                                                          But now through your window, 
                                                                                                             With stars in the night.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas, is outstanding. Starr lives in a poor neighborhood called Garden Heights but goes to wealthy, prep school Williamson Prep. Starr has to keep the two “lives” shes lives separate and she does, until her childhood friend Khalil gets shot and killed by a police officer.

This book shows what it is like for both points of view. Thomas does a beautiful job of portraying them. If I had to recommend this book to anyone, I’d say teens and adults, due to the language, content and the social issues this story tackles. If you are looking for a book that you can’t put down, pick up The Hate U Give.

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Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton