Awards and Honors2019 Kirkus Prize Finalist <br>
2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor, Fiction and Poetry <br>
2019 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist <br>
<i>Horn Book</i> Fanfare - 2019 <br>
NPR’s Book Concierge - 2019 <br>
CPL Best Books - 2019 <br>
Bulletin Blue Ribbons - 2019 <br>
<i>Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl</i> 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.
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