So often, media caters exclusively to the non-POC audience, seeing token POC characters at most but rarely stories in which these characters played central roles. As Angie has said in various interviews, their success has proven that books about black teenagers matter and that they sell just as much as any book. Author of The Hate U Give, On the Come Up, and the upcoming Concrete Rose, Angie’s come up has been fully realized (pun fully intended).Īngie’s books matter for so many reasons. The movie adaptation releases in Australia in January, 2019.By now y’all definitely know the name Angie Thomas, and you better believe we’ll keep shouting it until our throats are sore because if anyone deserves this hype and recognition, it’s Queen Angie. It was also voted one of Time Magazine's books of the year. It was named a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Teen Vogue Book of the Year. It is shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.

It was also #1 on Amazon UK, and it has received numerous accolades, including winning the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year. The Hate U Give has been on the New York Times bestseller list since publication. I want to give those kids more books to see themselves in.' Angie says: 'Kids like Bri, who are facing homelessness and poverty, become statistics and numbers. Inspired by Angie's mom losing her job when Angie was a teenager, On the Come Up sheds light on child poverty in the US. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be. And with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it - she has to. 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. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. The award-winning author of The Hate U Give returns with a powerful story about hip hop, freedom of speech and fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you.īri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning author The highly anticipated second novel from one of the literary voices of a generation.

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