After Tupac and D Foster vs No Laughter Here: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: African Americans, New york, Coming-of-age, Friendship, Children's fiction, Fiction
After Tupac and D Foster
D Foster showed up a few months before Tupac got shot that first time and left us the summer before he died.The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend's lives, the world opens up for them. D comes from a world…
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No Laughter Here
“Did you ever cross your fingers and play that game in your head: If the last Life Saver in the roll is pineapple, then the letter will come this week.”
Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria are true best friends. But Victoria has been acting strange ever since she returned from her summer in Nigeria, where she had a special…
The verdict
- Readers rate No Laughter Here highest: No Laughter Here 4.1 · After Tupac and D Foster 3.8.
- After Tupac and D Foster has the widest readership — 4358 ratings behind its score.
- No Laughter Here runs the darker storyline; After Tupac and D Foster stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| After Tupac and D Foster | No Laughter Here | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (4358) | 4.1 (600) |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (5) | 4.5 (4) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (8) |
Reception
| After Tupac and D Foster | No Laughter Here | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4358 | 600 |
| Editions | 7 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 1059 |
| Reading it now | — | 16 |
| Written reviews | — | 110 |
| Wikipedia attention | 121 | — |
| Pages | 160 | 133 |