On the Come Up

Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning authorNew York Times #1 bestselling authorThe highly anticipated second novel from Angie Thomas returns to the world of Garden Heights for 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.

Relazione

"Thomas, a former rapper herself, packs so much into these 448 pages, but they fly along with the agility of one of Bri's freestyles." The Times, Children's Book of the Week

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Angie Thomas, Thomas Angie
• Con la collaborazione di: Angie Thomas (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Walker Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 14 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781406372168
• ISBN: 978-1-4063-7216-8
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 200 mm x 29 mm
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Libri per bambini fino a 11 anni; Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Libri per ragazzi da 12 anni; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Violence, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Peer Pressure, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Multigenerational, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Performing Arts / Music, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Parents, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Poverty & Homelessness