Waiting on Wednesday [#152]

Title: On the Come Up
Author: Angie Thomas
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: February 5, 2019

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 storytelling and continues to inspire her to this day. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; of the struggle to become who you are and not who everyone expects you to be; and of the desperate realities of poor and working-class black families (goodreads).

 

My Favorite 2017 Reads (so far...)

I feel like I've read some really great 2017 releases this year, and we still have the Fall 2017 books to go through! Check out my favorite reads of 2017 SO FAR, and let's see if we have any in common!

Book Review: The Hate U Give

Title: The Hate U Give
Author: Angie Thomas
Genre: Young Adult | Race Relations | Contemporary
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: February 28, 2017
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher

Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice. Movie rights have been sold to Fox, with Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games) to star (goodreads).

Words can't describe my reading experience with The Hate U Give. 

Waiting on Wednesday [#102]

 

Title: The Hate U Give

Author: Angie Thomas

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Publication Date: February 28, 2017

Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice (goodreads).