
Concrete Rose
HarperCollins · Paperback · May 3, 2022
International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.
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- Who it’s for
- A grounded, character-led read with history and tension close to the surface.
- Genres
- African American YA, YA Stories About Boys & Men, Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Published
- HarperCollins, May 3, 2022
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International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. A Printz Honor Book! If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords.
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With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs while his dad’s in prison. Life’s not perfect, but with a fly girlfriend and a cousin who always has his back, Mav’s got everything under control. Until, that is, Maverick finds out he’s a father. Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But it’s not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. So when he’s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where he’s expected to amount to nothing, maybe Mav can prove he’s different. When King Lord blood runs through your veins, though, you can't just walk away. Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. He’ll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.
Grounded Voices
A grounded, character-led read with history and tension close to the surface.
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- list-friendly signals
- African American YA, racism, and family threads
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- a sustained narrative pull
- themes around Juneteenth, women, kids, and history
Where it sits
| African American YA | 59% |
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| YA Stories About Boys & Men | 41% |
| Prejudice & Racism for Teens | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- YA Stories About Parents
- 20th-Century US YA
- YA Crime & Law
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- YA LGBTQ+
- African American YA
- Religious YA
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- Authors
- Angie Thomas
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 3, 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Boys & Men