"If you only have to worry about your child reading about it, consider yourself blessed.
"There are black parents of 8-year-olds who have to have these conversations," she says. Meanwhile, Thomas says she's heard from a lot of white parents who aren't sure their teenager is ready for literature about racism and police violence. "That means that you are aware of something that an 8-year-old should not have to be aware of." Your mom thought that at 8 years old, you needed to read this book,'" Thomas says. How?Īnd Thomas was struck when she learned where the young boy got her book: from his mother. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Her writing seems bound to grip many young readers of every colour their parents could also well find themselves drawn into it too.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title On the Come Up Author Angie Thomas 'At only thirty years old, Angie Thomas has already achieved much and seems bound to go on to more successes. This book is real.' - Fallen Star Stories YA fiction at its very best, it speaks with a genuine voice. ' On The Come Up is that book a must-read of the year. 'Impeccably plotted, with a multiple storylines woven to a pulse-pounding conclusion, this is an astoundingly affecting novel that shines a light on the struggles of young black women, and celebrates freedom of speech and making noise about who you are, as seen through unforgettable Bri, a 100% authentic character whom readers will root for, cry for, yell out loud for, and grin for joy with.' - LoveReading4Kids 'In her intensely powerful, deeply felt second novel, Thomas, a former rapper herself, demonstrates a ferocious, innovative gift apparently without effort, she imbues words on a silent page with as much passionate, satirical life as if the reader is hearing Bri's tracks at first hand.' - Times Literary Supplement '.a celebration of African American cultural achievement in music, TV and film, bursting with references that feel like a gift to readers who don't usually see their lives represented in this way.' - Patrice Lawrence, author of Orange Boy and Indigo Donut
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