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Steady For This: the laugh-out-loud and award-winning teen novel!

Nathanael Lessore

Steady For This: the laugh-out-loud and award-winning teen novel!

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  • Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair
  • Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after

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5 out 5

7 reviews

FROM THE WATERSTONES PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF KING OF NOTHING!

SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE UKLA BOOK AWARD 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024

MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT.

Shaun (aka MC Growls) is ready to drop his best bars and smash the competition at Raptology. That way, he’s convinced Tanisha, his crush, will finally give him a chance.

But when a livestream practice goes epically wrong, Growls’s dirty laundry is literally exposed. He’s finally achieved his dreams of going viral – not in the good way.

Now Tanisha won’t look at him, he’s the joke of the school and there’s no way he can show his face at the competition. Will he ever catch a break?

Then a new girl on the block appears who might be just the friend Growls needs. Especially when she points out that Raptology could be the answer to his problems after all. . .

STEP UP TO THE MIC! It’s MC Growls and he’s ready for this. He’s steady for this. It’s comeback season and they call him comeback king for a reason.

A hilarious debut from breakout star Nathanael Lessore, perfect for teen readers of Alex Wheatle and Jason Reynolds.

Reviews

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This book is about a teenage boy called DJ Growls who loves rapping, but when his friend/Shanks doesn’t come into school after a social media disaster he doesn’t know what to do.Later Growls goes on to win a rapping show to win money as he is about to become homeless. My favourite character in this book was Shanks as he always sticks up for his friend, even though he just raps to spend time with his bestie.I would recommend this book to people who love music as the duo are constantly dropping new beats about everything from in school to at the park. Three words to describe the story would be fun, musical and exciting .

Duchess Bubbles Satellite 05.08.2024

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I really liked this book because it was really touching heart felt and it shows up we should never give up on our dreams

Empress Lacey Buffalo 11.12.2023

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This is a fiction, or maybe a real book as this could happen to someone. Book is about Shaun aka MC Growls, who is a streamer, and he was quite a successful life streamer until his mum showed his dirty laundry, and then he’s a joke and everyone’s laughing at him. I would really recommend this book it’s really nice I would say it’s more of a boy stand for girls and I would say it’s for age 9 and above. N

Corporal Bart Borchester-Smythe 29.08.2023