A review by rose_peterson
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson

3.0

First, I love that this book is unapologetically black: no white suburbs or white schools or white friends or white norms. This is SO rare in YA lit today, as even the handful of books that feature main characters of color often still situate them in white contexts.

I know my kids will like the NYC setting, the hip hop references, and the pieces of the mystery, but I worry that for the kids with whom all of this resonates, mirroring their neighborhood and their experiences, the ending will be too tidy and artificial.