The EFC Readers: April 2021 Book Club Selection

Hi, Everyone!

The EFC Readers, our Facebook reader group, has selected Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas as its April Book Club pick! The discussion will be on April 30. I hope you join us!

Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give #0.5)
written by Angie Thomas
published by Balzer + Bray, 2021

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About the book – from Goodreads: 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.

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. 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.

 

 

The EFC Readers is a group where we can share what we are reading and talk about books and book-related topics. It also has a monthly book club. If you would like to join this community of EFC Readers, please click the image above or this link.

 

 

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** This post first appeared on Every Free Chance Books (everyfreechance.com) on April 19, 2021.