A review by invaderlinz
The Hate U Give and On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

4.0

"Rapping has been my dream forever, but dreams aren't real. You wake up from them or reality makes them seem stupid."

Again, I couldn't put down Angie Thomas's newest book. I loved getting to know more of Garden Heights and its people, and how things differ even streets apart. The way that Thomas writes hooks you right from the beginning and you're completely caught up in it until the end. I felt the same way about The Hate U Give, and feel like just because these are YA books, it doesn't make them any less important. On the Come Up addresses the issues of school violence, gang violence, police brutality, racial profiling...the list goes on and on. And it handles these topics effortlessly, in a way that everyone who reads it can understand. I think that these books need to be taught in middle and high schools because of the way they can connect with any reader, but especially young readers who need to know that they can be taken seriously and that they matter. I could go on and on about how much I enjoyed this book, and I can't wait for the next one.