On the Come Up
Recommended by Mary Burkey, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #7 in Urban Fiction, Ranked #8 in 2019 — see more rankings.
Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Bri’s got big shoes to fill. But now that her mom has unexpectedly lost her job, food banks and shutoff notices are as much a part of Bri’s life as beats and rhymes. 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... more
On the Come Up is Angie Thomas’s homage to hip-hop, the art that sparked her passion for... more
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Mary Burkey The Hate U Give was one of those blockbuster books that connected with so many teens, no matter what their cultural background might have been. It let them see into another world and forged this super-strong connection with so many teens and adults. Replicating the same duo of author plus narrator—with Bahni Turpin again doing Angie Thomas’s book—there’s this nice alignment of an author-narrator team. (Source)
Rankings by Category
On the Come Up is ranked in the following categories:
- #90 in Addiction
- #56 in African American
- #27 in Black Author
- #69 in Contemporary
- #51 in Dating
- #11 in Diverse
- #21 in Diversity
- #97 in Drugs
- #11 in Hip-Hop
- #53 in Hope
- #89 in Identity
- #80 in Important
- #63 in Music
- #39 in Poverty
- #38 in Racism
- #59 in Realistic Fiction
- #58 in Resilience
- #73 in Scribd
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