The voice of a generation, Angie Thomas claimed 2018’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize with her internationally acclaimed debut thriller, inspire by the Black Lives Matter movement, The Hate U Give. Her second novel is equally unmissable: delivering a fierce story of hip hop ambition, inequality, and the fight to have your voice heard.
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2020
Exclusive edition with sprayed edges and a bonus chapter.
Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning author of The Hate U Give returns with a powerful story about hip hop, freedom of speech - and fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you.
Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill.
But when her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Bri finds herself at the centre of controversy and portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. And with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it - she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be.
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781406391244
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 309 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
As soon as I heard that Angie Thomas was to publish a second book I just knew I had to read it, her first novel 'The Hate U Give' is one of my favourite books ever and this one certainly does not... More
The Hate U Give was one of my favourite books of last year - powerful, hard-hitting and brutally honest, it was truly something else.
On The Come Up returns to 'The Garden' (Garden Heights) where THUG was...
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I was over the moon, when I was sent an advance review copy of this, after having enjoyed 'The Hate You Give' so much, and went straight to reading. And luckily, this book lived up to my high expectations!... More
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