Awards and Honors2019 Kirkus Prize Finalist
2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor, Fiction and Poetry
2019 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist Horn Book Fanfare - 2019
NPR’s Book Concierge - 2019
CPL Best Books - 2019
Bulletin Blue Ribbons - 2019 Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl High School 2020-2021
Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral… for all the wrong reasons.
Topics Rap music. Rappers. Hip-hop music and musicians. Family. Fame. Gangs. Dating and relationships. African Americans. Single-parent families.
SRC Level 4.200000
SRC Points 23.000000
Lexile HL550L
Trim Size 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2019-02-04
JLG Release Date Jun 2019
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
High Demand High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
High Demand High Plus
High Demand High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
These exciting, age-appropriate fiction and nonfiction titles will appeal to even the most reluctant high-school readers. With that kind of appeal, the 14 books in this category will rarely sit on the shelf.
Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: General