PACG Book Club - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Monday, May 19th at 5:15 pm - in person
Edwards Congregational UCC
3420 Jersey Ridge Rd
Davenport, IA (map)
PACG Book Club
In May we will read and discuss Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, the author of The Hate U Give. In November of 2018 we discussed The Hate U Give and saw the movie. The events in Concrete Rose are set 17 years prior and talk about the same family, with more focus on what life in that neighborhood was like for Black boys and men. I read this book for the Project Now book club. It is an interesting and fairly quick read and I really enjoyed it.
If you want to get a head start on the June book, it is Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson. Learn more at the Equal Justice Initiative website or at this PACG blog post.
If you want to come on Zoom, contact me for the link.
Alta Price (she/her)
Here is more about Concrete Rose 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."
3420 Jersey Ridge Rd
Davenport, IA (map)
PACG Book Club
In May we will read and discuss Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, the author of The Hate U Give. In November of 2018 we discussed The Hate U Give and saw the movie. The events in Concrete Rose are set 17 years prior and talk about the same family, with more focus on what life in that neighborhood was like for Black boys and men. I read this book for the Project Now book club. It is an interesting and fairly quick read and I really enjoyed it.
If you want to get a head start on the June book, it is Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson. Learn more at the Equal Justice Initiative website or at this PACG blog post.
If you want to come on Zoom, contact me for the link.
Alta Price (she/her)
Here is more about Concrete Rose 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."
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