7/5/2023 0 Comments Concrete rose book cover![]() ![]() “The queen of American young adult fiction known for her galvanising stories of stymied youth, impoverished projects and institutional racism.” ― The Times It can be read as a standalone, but knowledge of The Hate U Give will make for a richer reading experience.” ― The Bookseller ![]() “A blistering, unputdownable look at black boyhood in the US, and what it means to be a man. ![]() “This is searing, moving, but never sentimental.” ― The Irish Examiner Her writing has garnered a slew of accolades, including the Amnesty CILIP Honour and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.įor a better idea of who she is, what she is about, how Concrete Rose came to be and what her writing has achieved, check out this recent interview with … interviews with Angie Thomas are always worth a look. A former teen rapper turned novelist and activist, Thomas has done a service to black representation in YA fiction that will be remembered and lauded for generations to come. ![]() The Hate U Give is also a Tupac reference – just a little trivia for you there, as if you didn’t know already.Īngie Thomas herself is now a phenomenon. Yes, the wait may have felt long, but now at last we can return to Garden Heights for a taste of what went down before Starr’s life was profoundly changed by the tragic events of The Hate You Give.Ĭoncrete Rose, the eagle-eyed among you will have noticed, is a reference to The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur. Teen lit superstar Angie Thomas’ hotly anticipated prequel to The Hate U Give is now available! ![]()
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