After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.

1. Witnesses -- Juvenile fiction.; 2. African Americans -- Juvenile fiction; 3. Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.; 4. Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction.; 5. Police-community relations -- Juvenile fiction.; 6. Young adult fiction.; 7. Black author.; 8. African Amerian author.; 9. Banned and Challenged List -- 2020.;