Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed.
Da en ung sort mand bliver skudt af en politibetjent, rejser det en lang række spørgsmål for vidnet Starr i en af årets vigtigste ungdomsromaner. 16-årige Starr er en ung sort kvinde, som bor i Garden...