Angie was with her mom, who was mostly there just to listen. And we talk about how she's moved on up, and why that's a bit complicated for her. Angie and I talked about both of those books, about how she has proven there's actually an audience, a huge audience, for black stories in young adult literature. But then one of her songs goes viral in a very unexpected way.
It's called "On The Come Up." This one's all about a young girl named Bri who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Now Angie Thomas is out with her second book. This book tells the story of Starr Carter, a 16-year-old girl grappling with the death of a friend who was shot and killed, while unarmed, by a police officer. 1 New York Times bestselling young adult novel. She is the author, as I said previously, of "The Hate U Give," the No. I'm looking at her, too.Ī THOMAS: Because my room is a mess right now.
JULIA THOMAS: She's talking about looking at me. SANDERS: Mom, you want to go on the mic? I have to give her a chance to offer some rebuttal. And even though I pay the mortgage, she'll get on me about my room. Then she wrote a little bestseller called "The Hate U Give." She's a big deal now, and she's adjusting to a very different life.Ī THOMAS: Because I bought a house, and I put my mom in the house with me.
SANDERS: But things have changed for her. So it's beautiful for me to show those roots.Angie Thomas came from one of the worst neighborhoods in Jackson, Miss.ĪNGIE THOMAS: All of us know about that one neighborhood in every major city - it's known for all the wrong reasons, unfortunately - where you know you don't go there unless you have to go there. And through Bri’s mom and her aunt, we see how she becomes the person that we get a glimpse of at the very end. They're still growing and learning and making mistakes, and it’s a beautiful thing because it helps us become who we are. We have our mothers, we have our aunts, we have our grandmothers who pour into us and help us become the women that we are, and I wanted to respect that, but I also wanted to show that these women who pour into us have their struggles sometimes too. But then I also wanted to show the strong women who surround her and pour into her, because for so many of us that's our lifeline. And I wanted to find her power and, to find her place and to own up to, and for her to find her courage to say, “You know what, I'm enough period,” and I wanted to show that. And with the character Bri specifically, I wanted to show this young Black girl who's often told by the world that she's too much or not enough. I just wanted to reflect a few in what I write. AT: It's so important, and I will never sit here and say that I represent all Black women in everything that I do because we have so many different lives, so many different stories, so many different experiences.
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