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ContentsCoverTitle PageDedicationPart 1: GerminationOneTwoThreeFourFiveSixSevenEightNNineTenElevenPart 2: GrowthTwelveThirteenFourteenFifteenSixteenSeventeenEighteenNNineteenPart 3: DormancyTwentyTwenty-OneTwenty-Two
Twenty-ThreeTwenty-FourTwenty-FiveTwenty-SixTwenty-SevenTwenty-EightTwenty-NNineThirtyEpilogue: BudAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorBooks by Angie ThomasBack AdCopyrightAbout the Publisher
Page 3: DedicationFor all the roses growing
Page 7 and 8: OneWhen it comes to the streets, th
Page 9 and 10: “We should’ve stopped calling y
Page 11 and 12: I stand between her legs. “We gar
Page 13 and 14: One of the windows roll down, and t
Page 15 and 16: “We’ve got an appointment to ge
Page 17 and 18: hotel during the day and clean offi
Page 19 and 20: I’m feeling real bad for her all
Page 21 and 22: “A’ight.”I change my first di
Page 23 and 24: something new outta them.“Are you
Page 25 and 26: I startled Li’l Man. His face scr
Page 27 and 28: every weekend. He stay in the Garde
Page 29 and 30: Kenny got jumped. The big homies be
Page 31 and 32: FourI finally got Iesha on the phon
Page 33 and 34: Andreanna’s old baby monitor and
Page 35 and 36: Pops a fool for the Lakers. He wors
Page 37 and 38: “Oh.” That’s all King say at
Page 39 and 40: FiveDre swing by the house around n
Page 41 and 42: “It’s seven years after he fake
Page 43 and 44: I knew, he put his arm around my sh
Page 45 and 46: Tammy’s momma, Ms. Rosalie, is ri
Page 47 and 48: “Going back to your movie and sta
Page 49 and 50: “You gotta be kidding me.”“We
Page 51 and 52: tripping. NNot like I got time to h
Page 53 and 54: Would say I better come to her hous
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This “tough love” shit she do i
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“Focus on them grades, that’s a
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“What’s really messed up is the
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them beanbag chairs in the back. I
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The Wyatts were King’s last foste
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Connor? She went from me to a white
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This nig . . . “You know what? I
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“Yep. For every fifteen minutes y
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I been tryna shake Lisa outta my he
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She said it was none of my business
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I can’t be in here when he tryna
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We use some of Ma’s good towels t
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I’m a pro at diapers now. The key
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TenA week ago, I sat in the street
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breaking her smile, and tears build
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closing you can get on as many ride
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Lisa got her braids in a bun and we
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“Yep. She’s at rehearsals. Her
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“Seven? You did not name that bab
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Part 2Growth
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I glance around. I can’t go out t
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“Since when did I ask for your op
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Thirteen“Yo, Mav!” Rico wave in
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Junie take a bite of his second bur
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“Yep.”Shawn sighs. “You mad o
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“You may not get that TV. Red alw
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Mr. Wyatt pick up a hoe and hold it
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FourteenAt Friday night football ga
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“He still mad that he got detenti
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That’s the thing. Fights like thi
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Space Jam at my favorite part. It
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dance.She laugh. “Oh my God, what
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SixteenPregnant?What?I gotta sit, a
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Shit, Ma. When I told her Iesha’s
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I shut up and wait. After a while,
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“I’m back! Brought you some—
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SeventeenIt’s the day before Than
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I try to get Seven situated in his
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Pops look at me. These days we eye
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“Are you? Maybe if you wasn’t w
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“What I did ain’t got shit to d
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I sit beside her. “That ain’t i
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EighteenThanksgiving used to be my
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“Whew, chile! You fertile!” Gra
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“You his daddy! You supposed to t
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Wonder if Lisa able to eat or if he
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NineteenIt’s two days before I ca
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everything he need.I can’t go the
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Ma told her the deal by now. She gi
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“Earlier, I had to tell Coach tha
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stomach. Dr. Byrd puts some kinda w
Page 157 and 158:
Part 3Dormancy
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I imagine him twisting his mouth li
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It kinda peeve me how life set up.
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stomach. Her puffy coat hide her bu
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“Me and Khalil’s daddy moved ou
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He go over to her and kiss her on t
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Everybody in the Garden know that R
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“Have to agree with you there,”
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He wave me off as he and the homies
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Twenty-TwoI couldn’t sleep last n
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your grades and all of your absence
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She come and snatch a bag. “Thank
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Twenty-ThreeSeven don’t care ’b
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thud as she toss it onto the living
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Ma’s eyes get that sparkle I’ve
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“Keep my hands visible, don’t m
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“Well, he ain’t mean to keep yo
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“Air don’t got a smell, Lisa.
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“See?” I say. “You don’t kn
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“I get it. I try not to think on
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“That kinda shit doesn’t matter
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Today, I walk right up to the house
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That was the first time in a long t
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He reach the table. “Hey.”“He
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handle for Dre.”“What kinda bus
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Twenty-SevenTwo days later, I’m r
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“Shut up!” I say, deeper than I
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Twenty-NineThe neighborhood blur pa
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I think I get that now, too.I got s
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shoebox in my closet. I throw mysel
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“I said it was an accident, a’i
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“NNo doubt.” I run my finger al
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“I’m good, Pops,” I say. “N
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EpilogueBud
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“She will,” Lisa murmurs. She l
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It don’t hurt as much to hear stu
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I pull the rubber band—wait, this
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About the AuthorPhoto by Imani Khay
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Books by Angie ThomasThe Hate U Giv
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CopyrightBalzer + Bray is an imprin
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