She’s also a 16-year-old who’s worried about boys, friends and showing off her knowledge of the Black Panther Marvel comic and Star Wars (look for mounds of other pop culture references that make parts of the book feel like its own gold-paved stroll down a hip-hop Hollywood Walk of Fame).īri knows she’s got the heart and skill to make it, but she also lives in the shadow of her local legend father who was murdered when she was a toddler and deals with the near-constant anxiety of her mom’s tenuous addiction recovery. Bri is a rapper who sees her dream of hip-hop greatness - her “come up”- as a chance to feed and protect her family. Where T.H.U.G.’s Starr taught young people they have a voice, Bri Jackson, our “Come up” protagonist, will help them amplify it - literally. She took a different and, arguably, more personal path for her second novel, “On the Come Up.” How do you replicate the powerhouse debut novel, “The Hate U Give?” You don’t. 10, 2018 photograph, Angie Thomas, a Jackson, Miss., resident whose book, “The Hate U Give,” had been on a national young adult best-seller list for over 80 weeks, speaks to reporters after signing copies of her book prior to a reception in Jackson, Miss.
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