Week 14 Diverse Annotation

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Title: Concrete Rose

Author: Angie Thomas

Genre: Diverse/Young Adult

Publication Date: Jan 2021

Pages: 368

Geographical Setting: Garden Heights (Urban Setting)

Time Period: 1990’s

 

Plot Summary

Maverick is a teenager who needs to support his family. His father, a gang leader, is in prison while Maverick mother’s is trying to hold the family together financially. Maverick finds out he can make easy cash by selling drugs. He joins his father’s gang and starts bringing in the dough. As life is unexpected, Maverick finds out he is a father. The mother abandons their son at his doorstep. Maverick must make some tough choices to keep his family together. 

 

Subject Settings

Gangs

Drugs

Teenage Pregnancy

High School

 

Appeal

Pacing: Fast paced, holds the readers interest. 

Tone: Serious

Characterization: In the voice of Maverick. 

Language: English

3 Term Description

Community

Family 

Growth

 

Similar Books

 



The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

In this book we follow Starr, Maverick’s daughter, who witnesses a police officer shoot her friend. Starr is pulled in all different directions. She must grieve her friend, keep her grades up at school, and try to find justice in a world where it doesn’t seem to exist. 





Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Justyce is an African American teenager who is an honor student. A night with friends driving around with the music turned up ends in a police shooting. The world seems to find Justyce at fault. He writes letters to Martin Luther King to help him cope.





The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater

Who happened that day on bus 57? Two teens lives change forever that day. Follow the journey of Sasha and Richard as they navigate through that awful day. 




 




 



Comments

  1. MaryanneApril 8, 2024 at 10:00 PM

    This plot sounds really intriguing... I find it interesting that Maverick is (potentially) faced with being a single father - usually in stories that revolve around hardship/teenage pregnancy, it's the young woman who is the focus, along with the struggles she deals with around whether or not to include the father in their life. Did you find that this aspect was a large part of the plot, or was it one of many?

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