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On the Come Up by Angie Thomas7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s the one thing she feels like she’s good at. This is Brianna Jackson’s story, and Bri wants nothing more than to be a rapper, like her father Lawless before her. But I think it’s a little more personal, too. The book takes its time getting to this point, which you might think is the catalyst for the events of On the Come Up. Like in THUG, Thomas uses a ripped-from-the-headlines hook to write her characters around in this case, the harassment and racism of school security guards escalates to violence when two of them throw a teenager to the floor and pin her there after she refuses to relinquish her backpack (which passed through the metal detector without incident, but does contain contraband candy). ![]() ![]() This one takes place in the same universe as THUG, and makes some reference to the events that occurred in that story. On the Come Up is the second book by the author of The Hate U Give (which I also loved, if that wasn’t clear from the first sentence of this review). Alright, Angie Thomas, you got me I’ll read anything you write. ![]()
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