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On the Come Up
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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On the Come Up
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- Nell
- 14-01-2020
Great story and narration!
Bahni Turpin reading an Angie Thomas novel is a sure winner. Loved listening to this book and am sad that it's already finished.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-08-2019
Treasured Perspective
Thomas once again captures the reader’s attention with a perspective that we rarely get to hear from as a legitimate, complex, human character; the ‘young black girl from the hood’.
As the title suggests, ‘On the Come Up’ displays the heart-wrenching story of a struggling family who deal with financial, social and racial issues from seemingly every aspect of their lives, perservering through each to survive in a world that is seemingly pitted against them.
With similar themes to her previous work, ‘The Hate U Give’, this book provides a fresh story in the all too familiar world of Garden Heights, and remains as immersive and impressively relatable to anyone who has faced hardship in their family life. This is highly recommended for anyone who wants to gain a lot of perspective, or simply enjoy an empathetic story of dream-chasing.
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