While some girls dream of being a princess in castle, Bri has always dreamed of becoming a queen of rap. After killing it her first time in the ring, Bri is starting to feel confident, but an incident of racial harassment at school makes her anger overflow. In her rage, she creates a powerful and controversial song called "On the Come Up." As the song goes viral, Bri's dreams of making it big are getting closer to reality. The fame and money can't come fast enough. As her family's fridge gets emptier and more bills are going unpaid, Bri's rapping needs to make money, or her family may be homeless. However, as music producers want Bri to fit a certain image, she has to decide what is worth more important: being true to herself or finding fame and wealth in rapping? No matter what, no one is going to stop Bri "on the come up." Angie Thomas' second novel hiply avoids the sophomore slump. Once again her writing is on point. Her characters are fresh and original and fight back anyone trying to fit them into stereotypes. Bri fights fiercely for her voice to be heard, her raps to be respected, and her family to be taken care of, and you have to cheer for her as she fights for her dreams. Her friends and family are equally fierce, funny, and poignant. At times, Thomas' dialogue had me laughing out loud, and other moments I was fighting tears. Like Bri, Thomas is a Wordsmith who uses language with precision and care to create a story that will leave you hungering for more. Highly, highly recommended!
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
While some girls dream of being a princess in castle, Bri has always dreamed of becoming a queen of rap. After killing it her first time in the ring, Bri is starting to feel confident, but an incident of racial harassment at school makes her anger overflow. In her rage, she creates a powerful and controversial song called "On the Come Up." As the song goes viral, Bri's dreams of making it big are getting closer to reality. The fame and money can't come fast enough. As her family's fridge gets emptier and more bills are going unpaid, Bri's rapping needs to make money, or her family may be homeless. However, as music producers want Bri to fit a certain image, she has to decide what is worth more important: being true to herself or finding fame and wealth in rapping? No matter what, no one is going to stop Bri "on the come up." Angie Thomas' second novel hiply avoids the sophomore slump. Once again her writing is on point. Her characters are fresh and original and fight back anyone trying to fit them into stereotypes. Bri fights fiercely for her voice to be heard, her raps to be respected, and her family to be taken care of, and you have to cheer for her as she fights for her dreams. Her friends and family are equally fierce, funny, and poignant. At times, Thomas' dialogue had me laughing out loud, and other moments I was fighting tears. Like Bri, Thomas is a Wordsmith who uses language with precision and care to create a story that will leave you hungering for more. Highly, highly recommended!
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Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City by Phillip Hoose It is well known that Indiana's favorite sport is basketball. Hoosiers, one of the best basketball movies of all time, was about the small-town Indiana basketball team that beat a huge school to win the Indiana basketball tournament in the 1950's. Hoose's books tells the story of another Indiana basketball team whose inspirational story would also make an unforgettable movie. Crispus Attucks high school was the all black school in a segregated Indianapolis. In the 1950's, their coach Ray Crowes steadily built the basketball program, and in 1955, they won the state championship. They were not only the first Indianapolis school to win a state basketball championship, they were also the first all black team in the United States to win a championship in a racially open tournament. The teams was lead by future Hall of Famer, Oscar Robertson. It wasn't until their team became so successful that Indiana decided to desegregate. The story of the Crispus Attack's success is a phenomenal basketball story, but it is alsa a story of the triumph of the human spirit over hatred and prejudice. Basketball fans will devour this! Highly, highly recommended! |
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