| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
458 pages ; 22 cm |
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Educational level group: edu High school freshmen |
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Educational level group: edu High school sophomores |
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Educational level group: edu High school juniors |
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Educational level group: edu High school seniors |
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Educational level group: edu High school students |
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Age group: age Teenagers |
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National/regional group: nat Mississippians |
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Ethnic/cultural group: eth African Americans |
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Gender group: gdr Women |
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age Children |
| Summary |
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 you 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 - 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. -- From dust jacket. |
| Audience |
HL550L lexile |
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Decoding: 5 (very hard) Vocabulary: 5 (very hard) Sentences: 4 (hard) Patterns: 5 (very hard) Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader UG 3.8 13.0. |
| Awards |
Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor, 2019 |
| Subject |
Rap musicians -- Juvenile fiction.
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Rap musicians. |
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African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans. |
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Freedom of speech -- Juvenile fiction.
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Freedom of speech. |
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Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Teenagers. |
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Young adult fiction.
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Young adult fiction. |
| Genre/Form |
Bildungsromans.
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Young adult works.
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Novels.
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Novels.
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| ISBN |
9780062498564 (hardcover) |
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0062498568 (hardcover) |
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9780062844378 (international edition) |
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0062844377 (international edition) |
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9781406372168 (paperback) |
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1406372161 |
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0062498584 (paperback) |
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9780062498588 (paperback) |
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