<P> Starr Carter is a 16 - year - old black girl who lives in the fictional , mostly poor black neighborhood of Garden Heights , but attends an affluent , predominantly white private school , Williamson Prep . After the police break up a party Starr is attending one weekend , Starr is driven home by her childhood best friend , Khalil . On the way home , they are stopped by a white police officer . The officer has Khalil , who is black , exit the car ; while outside the car and talking with Starr , Khalil reaches back into the car for a hairbrush , which the officer mistakes for a gun . The officer shoots and kills Khalil . </P>
<P> Starr Carter is a 16 - year - old black girl who lives in the fictional , mostly poor black neighborhood of Garden Heights , but attends an affluent , predominantly white private school , Williamson Prep . After the police break up a party Starr is attending one weekend , Starr is driven home by her childhood best friend , Khalil . On the way home , they are stopped by a white police officer . The officer has Khalil , who is black , exit the car ; while outside the car and talking with Starr , Khalil reaches back into the car for a hairbrush , which the officer mistakes for a gun . The officer shoots and kills Khalil . </P>
where does the hate you give take place
where does the hate you give take place
the fictional , mostly poor black neighborhood of Garden Heights
the fictional , mostly poor black neighborhood of Garden Heights