While The Hate U Give looks at the shooting of unarmed black men and boys through the eyes of a female witness, Dear Martin instead offers what it is like to be one of those racially-profiled black men. Through third person narration alternating with Justyce's letters to Martin Luthor King Jr., we get insight into some of the experiences had by black teenage boys.įor those looking for books to complement The Hate U Give, this is a good place to start. There are so few YA books with POC narrators and especially lacking are those with non-white teen boys, so this book is particularly needed. But it’s the world many black Americans face every day.ĭear Martin introduces us to Justyce - a strong and important voice in YA. Maybe it’s not a world I am forced to deal with. That everyone is equal and, actually, YOU are given an advantage by affirmative action programs.īut this isn’t a dark dystopia. Imagine living this nightmare and STILL being told that it doesn’t happen anymore. Imagine trying to live your life with the constant knowledge that you could be murdered for… wearing the wrong clothes… looking “shady”… or having the wrong colour skin. A dark, dystopian future where young men are gunned down for doing nothing wrong. For some, it sounds like the kind of dystopian world inspired by The Hunger Games.
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