Angie Thomas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give, which garnered widespread critical acclaim and was turned into a major motion picture. Thomas’ highly anticipated sequel On the Come Up, is out Feb. 5. Read an exclusive excerpt in Entertainment Weekly.
In the video below, Thomas talks about her inspiration for On the Come Up, a book about, “what it means to be young and black in America, when freedom of speech isn’t always free.”
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