On the Come Up

　　身為地下嘻哈圈傳奇的女兒，年僅16歲的Bri一心想成為舉世無雙的饒舌歌手，或者至少是她首次饒舌比賽的贏家。
 
　　Bri的爸爸在要大紅大紫之前死於非命，Bri的生活被攪成一團麻亂，Bri在學校被當成不受歡迎的不良份子；回到家，冰箱裡空空如也，沒半點吃的……

　　失業的母親、失衡的生活，Bri積了滿腔憤怒、滿腹挫折，通通寫進她的第一首歌裡。Bri的初試啼聲之作一砲而紅，但爆紅並沒讓Bri的生活走入正軌……

　　這不僅是年輕女孩追夢的故事，亦細膩描述了母女間的親情糾葛、朋友間的矛盾衝突、青少年的青澀戀愛、甚至不同階層的對立隔閡，在在讓人為之動容。
 
　　This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give.

　　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.

　　On the Come Up is Angie Thomas’s homage to hip hop, the art that sparked her passion for storytelling and continues to inspire her to this day. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; of the struggle to become who you are, and not who everyone expects you to be; and of the desperate realities of poor and working class black families.

　　Brilliant, insightful, full of heart, this novel is another m