Concrete Rose
by Angie Thomas
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2021
Word Count 77,762
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 500L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 510408, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Boys & Men
- Mother-son relationship--Juvenile fiction
- Adolescence--Fiction
- Teenage fathers--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Gangs--Fiction
- Teenage fathers--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Mother-son relationship--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
- Gangs--Juvenile fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Black Characters and Social Themes
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Angie Thomas
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Walker Books Ltd.
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Dion Graham
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Book Trailers 2

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Awards & Distinctions 5

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2023
Honor, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Top 10 Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
High Interest Selection, 2021
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