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Feb 5, 2019 · With bills piling up and homelessness staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it—she has to make it. On the Come Up is Angie Thomas’s homage to hip-hop, the art that sparked her passion for storytelling and continues to inspire her to this day.
Feb 5, 2019 · 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. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; and about how, especially for young black people, freedom of speech isn’t always free.
On the Come Up, published on February 5, 2019, by Balzer + Bray, is a young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It tells the story of Bri, a sixteen-year old rapper hoping to fill the shoes of her father and "make it" as an underground hip-hop legend.
On the Come Up. 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. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you.
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Feb 5, 2019 · 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. It is the story of fighting for your dreams,...
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Feb 5, 2019 · On the Come Up. Angie Thomas. Thorndike Striving Reader, Sep 29, 2021 - Juvenile Fiction - 612 pages. #1 New York Times bestseller - Seven starred reviews - Boston Globe-Horn Book Award...
by Angie Thomas. This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle.
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Feb 5, 2019 · On the Come Up. ebook. By Angie Thomas. Read a Sample. Format. ebook. ISBN. 9780062498588. Author. Angie Thomas. Publisher. HarperCollins. Release. 05 February 2019. Share. Subjects. Young Adult Fiction. Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. Search for a digital library with this title.
Dec 1, 2020 · #1 New York Times bestseller · Seven starred reviews · Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill.
Angry about the assault and people’s racist assumptions about her, Bri writes and records a defiant song called “On the Come Up.” In the song, Bri rails against racist police and other authority figures.
