On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Brianna, who dreams of becoming  a famous rapper one day,  takes the bus to another neighborhood to attend a better high school.  Closer to home, she makes a name for herself in a local freestyle battle.  After being abused by her school’s safety officers,  Bri suddenly finds  herself in the limelight as her peers rally around her. As tensions rise at school,  Bri’s rap reputation starts to blow up.

Author Angie Thomas once again tackles issues of injustice, reckoning, family life, and friendship.   Readers who enjoyed her bestselling book  The Hate U Give will enjoy On the Come Up. --Jessica Fenster-Sparber

Thomas, Angie.  On the Come Up.  New York: Balzer + Bray, 2019.