SuitabookLet Me Hear a Rhyme
Tiffany D. Jackson
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside the teenager, pausing after difficult scenes to discuss grief, coercion, substance dealing and consent. The ending and the full intensity of scenes remain unclear.
- Themes
- Friendship, loyalty and grief: Three teenagers work to promote their murdered friend’s rap music and investigate the circumstances of his death. The book presents this favourably.
- Creative ambition and hip-hop history: The teenagers hope to have their friend’s music produced professionally, while hip-hop history is woven into events beginning in 1998. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Gender, respect and consent: Boys and girls are described as equally talented and determined; couples discuss respect, consent and whether they are ready for sex. The book presents this favourably.
- Worth knowing
- Pay particular attention to grief and loss.