Who are the characters in The Hate U Give?

Starr Carter is the protagonist of The Hate U Give. She's a sixteen-year-old high school student who attends a private preparatory school called Williamson. She dates a boy named Chris and is friends with Hailey and Maya at school. She's intelligent, driven, and, at the outset of the novel, ashamed of her life in Garden Heights. She doesn't tell people at school about her background.

Khalil is an old friend of Starr's who she runs into at a party. He gives her a ride when there are gunshots at the party. They're pulled over by a police officer and he shoots Khalil, who was unarmed and had turned to ask Starr whether she was okay. Khalil dies. 

Officer Brian Cruise Jr. who Starr refers to as One-Fifteen, his badge number, pulls over Khalil. He shoots and kills him, claiming to have mistaken Khalil's hairbrush for a gun. A grand jury decides there isn't enough evidence to change him.

Chris is Starr's boyfriend, who doesn't know that she was the witness to Khalil's death. They are uncomfortable with each other for a lot of the novel but ultimately speak to each other honestly and admit that they're in love. Chris accompanies Starr to the last protest in the novel and is caught in the fire with her and the others.

Seven is Starr's brother. They share a father, but not a mother.

Kenya is Seven's sister through his mother. 

DeVante is a friend of Seven's who is a member of the King Lords. The leader, King, wants him to kill the gang members who killed his brother, and DeVante doesn't want to deal with it. He's hiding out from him, eventually decides to leave the gang, and offers to give evidence to keep King and the gang members in jail and out of Garden Heights. 

Carlos is Starr's uncle, who helped raise her as a child while her father was in jail. He's a police officer. 

April Ofrah is a woman who works with Just Us for Justice. She offers Starr her legal services and helps her and her friends escape a riot near the end of the book.

Lisa is Starr's mother.

Maverick is Starr's father. He used to be a gang member but reformed after spending years in prison. 

Hailey and Maya are Starr's friends at school. Starr is suspended for punching Hailey when Hailey says that Khalil probably deserved to be shot. 

King is the head of a local gang. He wants revenge on Starr for soft-snitching and identifying gang business to those who recognize her story. He and his gang members set fire to a building with Starr and her friends in it at the end of the novel. They're arrested and DeVante agrees to give evidence to keep them in jail.