Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn’t just want to make it-she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be. for all the wrong reasons.īri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill.īut it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. We are lucky to have her, and lucky to know a girl like Bri.”- The New York Times Book Review Thomas continues to hold up that mirror with grace and confidence. “For all the struggle in this book, Thomas rarely misses a step as a writer. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C.Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.

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On the Come Up by Angie Thomas