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On The Come Up by Angie Thomas - Should it be a TV series?

Why or why not would this story make a good television series?
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas would make a good TV series. I know the author wrote The Hate You Give and that turned into a movie. I haven't seen the movie or read the book though. I was planning on doing that last year but never got around to it. I'm glad I'm getting a chance to read a book by Angie Thomas though. This book has some very good lessons and realizations. I think this could be turned into a movie or a TV series. I think a TV series would be better though because you can have more lessons. I feel there are always lessons to learn about what life is like in a different place than you grew up. I never had to grow up with no food or worry about shelter. We know that in the story Briana was struggling to live. Her aunt had a job but let go and her dad had died a well-known rapper. For her, that was her escape from reality. A TV series would be able to take all the lessons that we have seen so far and make multiple scenarios. One thing that stood out to me was when Briana left the principal's office and her aunt told her how when bad things like that happen she needs to just do what they say. Also, that powerful people can make bad choices. In the world we live in right now these are too common issues. We have had deaths and a lot of problems. Racism has been an issue for as long as I have been alive but this year it's an extreme problem. We all know about the riots and the navy being involved and people not being treated right. These are all very good lessons to have in a TV show as well. There are so many ways that this can be taught to teens or children. I'm pretty sure there are some good shows on these situations but Angie Thomas became very popular with her book The Hate You Give. I am sure people would love to see another. 


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