Concrete Rose

By. Angie Thomas

P. 360

Format: Print

Rating: *****

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Angie Thomas is one of the best, if not the best, writers of our generation. Thomas’ characters are so real that I think that she given them actual life. I can see their world as well as the neighborhood right outside my front door. When I read one of her books it takes over a part of me and shapes me into someone else.

Concrete Rose is a prequel to The Hate U Give. It is about Star’s father, Maverick when he is a seventeen year old boy learning how to be an adult. It is a coming of age story for a character that we have already grown to love and respect. The story is all the better for it.

I could write on forever about why this book is amazing, but I won’t. I will just say that everyone should read this book.