The Hate U Give Timeline

  • Starr Goes to Party

    Starr and Kenya go to a party, hear gunshots, and Starr leaves in a frenzy with Khalil.
  • Khalil Gets Killed

    After the party, they get pulled over and Khalil is shot by the policeman
  • Starr deals with shock

    After witnessing Khalil's death, she goes into a state of shock and processes what happened over the next few days.
  • Starr agrees to talk to the detectives

    Starr's uncle who is a cop convinced her to talk to a detective about what happened.
  • Starr gets interrogated

    After school on Monday, Starr goes to get interrogated by the police about Khalil
  • Starr's friend says an offensive racial joke

    Starr and her friends are playing basketball at school when her friend Hailey says an offensive joke to Starr and when Starr storms away crying, Hailey becomes defensive claiming it wasn't racist
  • Starr goes home early and gets a couple days off