Concrete Rose Fiction / Literary / Women / African American & Black and the life-altering facts of

and the life-altering facts of parenthood

sparking the Revolutionary War

And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken

” writes Robert Reid-Pharr in his Introduction

Concrete Rose Fiction / Literary / Women / African American & Black and the life-altering facts ofInternational 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. If theres one thing seventeen year old Maverick Carter knows, its 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. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs