Publisher Description

Four girls, one mic, and lots of drama.

When Mariposa (aka MC Patria) meets Ezekiel Matthews (aka MC EZ1) they quickly become best friends; together they have the best summer tossing lyrics and rhymes. After the summer ends, Mariposa realizes the only thing she really cares about—besides becoming the best emcee around—is getting Ezekiel to love her. Unfortunately, this realization comes at the same time Ezekiel gets a girlfriend—Jennifer Hoffman (aka J-Ho 5), an emcee with a huge buzz.

When her school announces a talent show, Mariposa understands that this could be her last chance to impress Ezekiel. She decides to form a hip-hop crew—enter the world of the Sista Hood—MC Patria, Soul Siren, Pinay-1, and DJ Esa, all divas in their own way. While coming together isn't easy, they're forced to collaborate and their lives are changed forever.

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The English have been and always will be obsessed by class, even though they may not realise it. And Jilly Cooper has put an accurate, acerbic, and wickedly funny finger on the idiosyncracies of the English at home, whether it be in their castles, their nice villas in Weybridge, or in their high rise council flats. In Class we study the peculiar habits and mores of all classes - at play, at school, at work, during courtship and marriage rituals, even the way they dress, eat, and conduct their sex lives.Here we have Harry and Caroline Stow-Crat who love their dogs more than each other, Gideon and Samanatha Upward who drink too much and are always in respectable middle-class debt, and here, too, are the wonderful Nouveau Richards, whose luxury homes are in execrable taste but blissfully comfortable with chandeliers in the loo.

Author Biography

Novelist E-Fierce is also an activist, film director and writer of both television and film. She received her MFA in film from Columbia University. She is the cofounder of Chica Luna Productions, a nonprofit arts company for young women of color, and a creative partner of Sister Outsider Entertainment, which seeks to produce quality urban media.

Review

"Young women of the hip-hop generation finally have something to celebrate -- the arrival of E-Fierce and her Sista Hood series. In Mariposa and her friends, we see ourselves in all our talented, beautiful and intelligent diversity. The Sista Hood: On the Mic is a must-read for any girl who loves hip-hop, but also everyone -- the boyfriends, homegirls, parents and teachers -- who loves them." -- Black Artemis, author of Explicit Content and Picture Me Rollin'

Long Description

4 Girls, One Mic and Lots of Drama When Mariposa (aka MC Patria) meets Ezekiel Matthews (aka MC EZ1) they quickly become best friends; together they have the best summer tossing lyrics and rhymes. After the summer ends, Mariposa realizes the only thing she really cares about -- besides becoming the best emcee around -- is getting Ezekiel to love her. Unfortunately, this realization comes at the same time Ezekiel gets a girlfriend -- Jennifer Hoffman (aka J-Ho 5), an emcee with a huge buzz. When her school announces a talent show, Mariposa understands that this could be her last chance to impress Ezekiel. She decides to form a hip-hop crew -- enter the world of the Sista Hood -- MC Patria, Soul Siren, Pinay-1 and DJ Esa, all divas in their own way. While coming together isn't easy, they're forced to collaborate and their lives are changed forever.

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"Young women of the hip-hop generation finally have something to celebrate -- the arrival of E-Fierce and her Sista Hood series. In Mariposa and her friends, we see ourselves in all our talented, beautiful and intelligent diversity. TheSista Hood: On the Micis a must-read for any girl who loves hip-hop, but also everyone -- the boyfriends, homegirls, parents and teachers -- who loves them." -- Black Artemis, author ofExplicit ContentandPicture Me Rollin'

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