Family Book of The Day:
On the Come Up
The YA love letter to hip-hop—streaming on Paramount+ September 23, 2022! Starring Sanaa Lathan (in her directorial debut), Jamila C. Gray, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Lil Yachty, Method Man, Mike Epps, GaTa (Davionte Ganter), Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Titus Makin Jr., and Michael Anthony Cooper Jr.
#1 New York Times bestseller · Seven starred reviews · Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book
This digital edition contains a letter from the author, deleted scenes, a picture of the author as a teen rapper, an annotated playlist, Angie’s top 5 MCs, an annotated rap, illustrated quotes from the book, and an excerpt from Concrete Rose, Angie’s return to Garden Heights.
Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral . . . for all the wrong reasons.
Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn’t just want to make it—shehas to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be.
Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; and about how, especially for young black people, freedom of speech isn’t always free.
“For all the struggle in this book, Thomas rarely misses a step as a writer. Thomas continues to hold up that mirror with grace and confidence. We are lucky to have her, and lucky to know a girl like Bri.”—The New York Times Book Review
Plus don’t miss Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas’s powerful prequel to her phenomenal bestseller, The Hate U Give!
Today’s Book of The Day is sponsored by this week’s Kids’ eBook of The Week:
Bubbles 1: A Story of Wonder: A Children’s Action Adventure with a Disabled Main Character
What if your new best friend was a Bubble – one that talked and flew? How would you get anyone, especially your parents, to believe you?
Seven-year-old Benjay Marshall has had a very rough life. Despite being in and out of hospitals much of it, his extraordinary courage and curiosity light up the lives of others. Benjay’s humourous lens on life belies his personal struggles. Through it all he has kept his joy for play, and excitedly spins tall tales of adventures.
When Benjay insists his Bubbles friends are real, his parents worry they may have let their son’s coping mechanism go too far. After overhearing threats to his father, this little boy with an oversized imagination must make his family believe him. And how does he make his family trust that Bubbles are not only real, but are the best chance to save the day?