![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Hate U Give and On the Come Up were both developed into major motion pictures. ![]() That same day, Bri learns that Jay, who’s three years sober after kicking a drug habit, has lost her job, meaning there’s no money to pay for food, rent or electricity. Thomas is the author of New York Times bestselling young adult novels Concrete Rose, On the Come Up, The Hate U Give, and Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy. In the next few days, her life goes from bad to worse: Bri makes extra money peddling candy out of her backpack at school, but because she’s one of only a few Black students, the school police suspect her of selling drugs when she refuses to let them search her backpack, they knock her roughly to the ground, pinning her arms behind her back. ISBN13:9780062498564 Format:Hardcover Book Ages:14 - 18 Grades:9 - 12 Genre:Realistic Fiction, Young Adult Pages:464 Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers. But once the spotlight is on her, Bri chokes, undone by the aggressiveness of her opponent. Her Aunt Pooh (played by the always effervescent Da’Vine Joy Randolph), who’s managing her nascent career, gets her into a local rap competition-“the Hunger Games of hiphop” is how Bri describes it, and it’s where her dad got his start. Still, 16-year-old Bri hangs onto hers: her late father was the most famous rapper ever to come out of Garden Heights, and she knows she’s gifted enough to walk in his footsteps. For her debut feature, Lathan adapts Angie Thomas novel into a vibrant coming-of-age story and introduces a future star in its leading role. ![]()
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