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Get On the Come Up by Angie Thomas PDF Free and start a heart-stopping journey. In On the Come Up PDF, you will get to know Bri Baton as she vies for control of the Detroit music scene where there is no one way to be great, and fame and fortune can be as much a curse as a dream.

Angie Thomas’ new novel is a story of friendship and music, revolving around Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. He’s got all the talent and natural skill … but what he hasn’t got is credibility. Which is where his would-be girlfriend Tiffany comes in. As his star begins to rise, Bri must figure out how to navigate the tricky path to success. And that’s just the beginning of it all—because when you’re On the Come Up, there’s no telling who you’ll meet, what you’ll learn, or how far you’ll go …

A heart-stopping novel about a girl who’s always been told what she can’t do, and the boy who makes her want to prove everyone wrong. A must-read.

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Book Title: On the Come Up PDF
Author: Angie Thomas
Published: February 5, 2019
Goodreads Link: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (goodreads.com)
ISBN: 9780062498571
Formats: [PDF] [Epub]
No. of pages: 464
Size: 3 MB
Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
Language: English
File Status: Available
Price: $0

On the Come up by Angie Thomas Summary

#1 New York Times bestseller · Seven starred reviews · Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book

“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

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 you to come up when you’re labelled 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 centre 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—she has 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.

Don’t miss Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas’s powerful prequel to her phenomenal bestseller, The Hate U Give!

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas Book Review

I loved this book! The Hate U Give was one of my favourite reads in 2017 and it looks like On the Come Up is going to make my 2019 list. Angie Thomas absolutely nails “voice” and “characterization ” in her storytelling and in 16-year-old Brianna, an aspiring rapper, she creates a protagonist that I was cheering for from page one.

That’s what we call our goal, the come up. It’s when we finally make it with this rap stuff. I’m talking get-out-of-the-Garden-and-have-enough-money-to-never-worry-again make it.

This will most likely not be a shock to anyone but I don’t know a lot about the hip hop industry and the only time I really listen to rap music is when one of my high school students plays it during basketball in the gymnasium. But Angie Thomas was a teenage rapper at one time and the way this story unfolds certainly makes me wonder how much of the story is her actual story. So many characters remind Brianna to be true to herself, but I liked how Thomas really flicks the microscope on the industry, its artists, and social media.

Another clear winner for me is that there are so many types of relationships in this story. Brianna and her mother, Jayda. The tight sibling relationship between Brianna and her big brother, Trey. Probably one of my all-time favourite characters was Brianna’s Aunt Pooh( Katricia), a member of a local gang who has always been Brianna’s chief cheerleader when it comes to her music.

So many characters and even though Brianna is the main lead, as a reader I felt really get to know so much about each of them and a sense of their importance in Brianna’s life. There are just so many incredible scenes of dialogue between Brianna and the other characters. Without spoiling too much, there is this incredible scene between Jayda and her sister Katricia that still gets me a bit misty-eyed.

Like The Hate U Give Thomas also looks at racism in our society. Brianna’s rap aspirations come head to head as she is dealing with something that happens at her school and in her home. When her fellow students use one of her songs in their peaceful protest, Brianna finds her identity struggles to now be interwoven with the music she writes.

But I don’t want people thinking that this book is just heavy because there is plenty of laughter to be found too. Especially between Brianna and her pals Malik and Sonny.

Tweety Bird? The love of my life. Big Bird? I don’t trust that ho. Plus, have you seen his nest? He probably hides bodies in it.

But I guess Curtis is cute in the same way rodents are weirdly adorable. You know how you’ll see a baby mouse and will be like “Aw, cute! Until that bitch is raiding your cabinet, eating the Halloween candy you hid from your little sisters.

So I definitely loved this book. I certainly would recommend it to others. Even if you weren’t a fan of The Hate U Give, give it a shot. Lastly, I would love to hear what other readers have thought and would appreciate a good discussion.

Is On the Come Up by Angie Thomas a True Story?

Yes, On the Come Up by Angie Thomas is a true story. Angie was thirteen when she began writing the novel, and already she had experienced far too many hard times to count. Living in the ‘hood took away so much from her friends, grades, boyfriends, girls’ nights out. Her list goes on. She wanted something back. She wanted to be heard.

Although much of this story is fiction, Angie has said that the inspiration for it came from her own background. She was raised in Beltsville, Maryland, by her mother, who worked as an air traffic controller to support them. Her father never had a relationship with her. He was murdered when she was 9 years old. She decided to write On the Come Up because she identified with the main character’s desire to be heard and recognized for his talent.

Listen to Angie talk about On the Come Up and her inspiration behind both novels: