If You Knew My Name

ISBN: 1771683600

Author: Roberts Carter, Lisa

Condition: New

His mother was a BLM activist. Mason Tyndall was an aspiring rap artist. She saw fatal officer-involved shootings as senseless tragedies. He viewed them as trending hashtags - that is, until he almost became one.Mason ZyAire Tyndall has big dreams. Dreams of sick beats, epic mic-drops, sold out stadiums. Masons going to be a rap star-and you dont become a rap star by hitting up BLM protests with your mom or sitting at a desk. Mason wants to get out there and make a name for himself, but hell have to graduate high school first. And he cant do that if he fails his senior year.Convinced his poetry class is a waste of time, Masons teacher helps him see just how valuable a couplet and a rhyme can be. But when an unarmed Black man is killed by the police in his city, tensions start to rise-among the cops, the community, and even Masons peers.Caught in the middle of increasingly violent conflicts, Mason will have to find a way to use his voice for changeand fast.