BWW Cover Reveal: ON THE COME UP by Angie Thomas

By: Feb. 21, 2018
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BWW Cover Reveal: ON THE COME UP by Angie Thomas This past week, Angie Thomas, author of last year's breakaway #1 New York Times Best Selling debut novel THE HATE U GIVE, revealed the cover for her brand-new novel, ON THE COME UP, out June 5, 2018. THE HATE U GIVE has spent more than 50 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List--and many of those consecutive weeks at #1! It is going to be a movie starring Issa Rae and Regina Hall. Among its many awards and accolades, it has most prestigiously been long-listed for the National Book Award, won both the William C. Morris Award for Debut Novel and the Odyssey Award for audiobooks, as well as receiving Honors for both the Coretta Scott King Award and the Michael L. Printz Award. Barnes and Noble will even publish an exclusive Collector's Edition next week on February 27th. ON THE COME UP is the author's highly-anticipated second novel, st in the same world as THE HATE U GIVE, and today, we have all the details on it for you!

Are you ready to see the cover for what promises to be another best-selling novel?

Take a look at the cover and summary

for ON THE COME UP:

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BWW Cover Reveal: ON THE COME UP by Angie Thomas

SUMMARY:

Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least get some streams on her mixtape. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill.

But when her mom unexpectedly loses her job, food banks and shut-off notices become as much a part of her life as beats and rhymes. With bills piling up and homelessness staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it-she has to make it.

ABOUT THE HATE U GIVE:

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.

But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.



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