Life Lessons from Hip-Hop has great shelf appeal. The bright cover and thumbnail portraits of artists who will be familiar to my students will draw many of them to pick this one up. Because the contents are grouped by theme, readers can jump to a section (or a contributor) that mosts interests them. For example, Chapter 5 "Mental Wellbeing" and Chapter 10 "Resilience" will be popular, based on past requests for these topics. Reluctant readers will especially love the browsable format and one-page essays featuring some of their favorite hip-hop artists.