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Concrete Rose: A Printz Honor Winner Audiobook, by Angie Thomas Play Audiobook Sample

Concrete Rose: A Printz Honor Winner Audiobook

Concrete Rose: A Printz Honor Winner Audiobook, by Angie Thomas Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Dion Graham Publisher: Balzer + Bray Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780063043817

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

37

Longest Chapter Length:

27:54 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

06 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

13:26 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

5

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Publisher Description

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. A Printz Honor Book!

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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“Narrator Dion Graham shines bright in this YA prequel…The rhythm of his narration carries listeners away…When Graham slips between the internal and external voices, listeners feel as though they are living inside this emotionally fraught, well-paced audiobook…Once they start listening, they won’t want to stop. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Awards.

— AudioFile

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  • “A heartfelt exploration of Black manhood and the power of possibility.”

    — People
  • “Thomas proves Game of Thrones–esque in her worldbuilding ability, deepening her landscape without sacrificing intimacy or heart.”

    — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
  • “A narrative that straddles the beauty and pain of belonging and having the courage to make your own choices…[and] allows readers to bond with the characters.”

    — School Library Journal (starred review)
  • “Thomas brings her trademark wit, nostalgic love of the 1990s and all things R&B and hip-hop, and her penchant for heartfelt characterization to this first-person exploration of Maverick Carter’s coming-of-age.”

    — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Awards

  • Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
  • #1 Amazon bestseller
  • An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick
  • An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year

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  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Narration Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Story Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    — Ariel Mobley, 11/17/2021

About Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas was born, raised, and still resides in Jackson, Mississippi. She is a former teen rapper whose greatest accomplishment was having an article about her in Right On! magazine. She holds a BFA in creative writing from Belhaven University and was an inaugural winner of the Walter Dean Myers Grant awarded by We Need Diverse Books.

About Dion Graham

Dion Graham is an award-winning narrator named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine. He has been a recipient of the prestigious Audie Award numerous times, as well as Earphones Awards, the Publishers Weekly Listen Up Awards, IBPA Ben Franklin Awards, and the ALA Odyssey Award. He was nominated in 2015 for a Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Narration. He is also a critically acclaimed actor who has performed on Broadway, off Broadway, internationally, in films, and in several hit television series. He is a graduate of Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, with an MFA degree in acting.