On the Come Up - Angie Thomas

No. 1 New York Times bestseller [An] exuberant exquisitely intimate novel. The New York Times Passionate and powerful. Metro Pure magic. The Observer Movie rights sold to Fox 2000; George Tillman Jr. to direct The award-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.

TITLE: On the Come Up

AUTHOR: Angie Thomas

SKU: 9781406372168

PUBLISHER: Walker Books Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 05/02/2019

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 448

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm

WEIGHT: 309 gr