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Book Suggestions Published in 2022 A Book, Too, Can Be a Star (2022, by: Jones Voiklis, Charlotte, LE, MG, Madeleine L'Engle, Poets and Writers) History Smashers: The Underground Railroad (2022, by: Messner, Kate, MG, UMG, Underground Railroad, Escaped Slaves) New From Here (2022, by: Yang, Kelly, MG, UMG, Asian Americans, COVID-19 Pandemic, Plagues) The Lucky Ones (2022, by: Williams Jackson, Linda, MG, UMG, Civil Rights, poverty) Wish Upon a Crawdad (2022, by: Condon, Curtis W., MG, UMG, electricity, Great Depression) Dream Annie, Dream (2022, by: Brown, Waka T., MG, UMG, Immigration, American Dream) Freewater (2022, by: Luqman-Dawson, Amina, MG, Antebellum South, Slavery, Maroon Community, Escaped Slaves) I Will Protect You: A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz (2022, by: Kor, Eva Mozes, MG, Holocaust, Nazi Occupation, Auschwitz) Yonder (2022, by: Standish, Ali, MG, UMG, WWII) Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II (2022, by: Levi, Lia, MG, WWII, Jews in Hiding, Nazi Occupation) Lines of Courage (2022, by: Nielsen, Jennifer A., UMG, WWI) The Prince of Steel Pier (2022, by: Nockowitz, Stacy, UMG, Jewish Life, Atlantic City, Mobsters) Ancient Eats: An Edible Exploration of the World (2022, by: Hanson, Stephanie, UMG, YA, World History) Charlotte Mason: The Teacher Who Revealed Worlds of Wonder (2022, by: Gore, Lanaya, UMG, A, Education, Charlotte Mason, Victorian Era) Red Scare: A Graphic Novel (2022, by: Walsh, Liam Francis, UMG, YA, McCarthyism, Cold War) The Other Side of the River (2022, by: Dobbs, Alda P., UMG, Mexican Revolution, Mexican Immigration) The Star that Always Stays (2022, by: Johnson, Anna Rose, UMG, Ojibwe Nation, Indigenous Americans) Troublemaker (2022, by: Cho, John, UMG, LA Riots, prejudice and racism) Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry (2022, by: Dommermuth-Costa, Carol, UMG, YA, Emily Dickinson, Poets and Writers) The Civil War of Amos Abernathy (2022, by: Leali, Michael, UMG, History Erasure, LGBTQ+, American Civil War) The Red Palace (2022, by: Hur, June, YA, A, Joseon Era, Political Murder) 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt (2022, by: Ryan, Donald P., YA, A, Ancient Egypt) Daughters of a Dead Empire (2022, by: Tara O'Neil, Carolyn, YA, A, Russian Revolution) Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix (2022, by: McLemore, Anna-Marie, YA, A, Jazz Age, LGBTQ+, Retelling) Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken (2022, by: Tyndall, Nita, YA, A, WWII, LGBTQ+) This Rebel Heart (2022, by: Locke, Katherine, YA, A, Revolution, Hungarian Revolution, LGBTQ+) The Call of the Wrens (2022, by: Walsh, Jenni L., YA, A, WWI) My Name is Selma (2022, by: van de Perre, Selma, YA, A, Holocaust, Jewish Resistance) Babel: or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History (2022, by: Kuang, R.F., YA, A, Colonization, Revolution, Oxford) The Turning Point: 1851 - A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World (2022, by: Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert, YA, A, Charles Dickens, Victorian Era) And We Rise (2022, by: Martin, Erica, YA, A, Civil Rights) Gold Mountain (2022, by: Yee, Betty G., YA, A, Westward Expansion, Chinese Immigration, Transcontinental Railroad) The Taste of Ginger: A Novel (2022, by: Shah, Mansi, YA, A, Immigration) My Imaginary Mary (2022, by: Hand, Cynthia, Ashton, Brodi, Meadows, Jodi, YA, A, Mary Shelley) Anatomy: A Love Story (2022, by: Schwartz, Dana, YA, A, Medicine, Graverobbers, Women in Science) What Moves the Dead (2022, by: Kingfisher, T., YA, A, Victorian Era, LGBTQ+, Fungi) A Million to One (2022, by: Jaigirdar, Adiba, YA, A, Titanic, Heists, LGBTQ+) I Must Betray You (2022, by: Sepetys, Ruta, YA, A, Cold War, Communism) Great or Nothing (2022, by: McCullough, Joy, Tung Richmond, Caroline, Sharpe, Tess, Spotswood, Jessica, YA, WWII, American Home Front, Little Women Retelling) Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (2022, by: Hall, Rebecca, YA, A, Racism, Atlantic Slave Trade, Slave Revolts) History Comics: The Stonewall Riots (2022, by: Bongiovanni, Archie, Andrews, A., YA, Stonewall Riots, Activism, LGBTQ+) The Kitchen Front (2022, by: Ryan, Jennifer, A, WWII) Beautiful Little Fools (2022, by: Cantor, Jillian, A, Jazz Age, LGBTQ+) The German Wife (2022, by: Rimmer, Kelly, A, WWII, Operation Paperclip) The Mad Girls of New York: A Nellie Bly Novel (2022, by: Rodale, Maya, Adult, Gilded Age, Writing, Journalism, Nellie Bly) Take My Hand (2022, by: Perkins-Valdez, Dolen, A, Civil Rights, Reproductive Rights) The Woman They Could Not Silence (2022, by: Moore, Kate, A, women's rights, Institutionalization, Asylums) See also: 2021 | 2020 Featured Weekly Book Suggestion - 2/14/2022 - (Black History Month) Modern Age Concrete Rose Author: Thomas, Angie Buy at Amazon | BookShop.org Time Period: Modern Age Time Frame: 1998-1999 Geographic Area: North America Country: United States Topics: Modern Age Genre: Fiction Reading Age: Young Adult, Adult Format: Novel Published: 2021 Content Warning drugs and teen pregnancy American History > Modern Age > African American History 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. Sarah's Review One of Angie Thomas’ greatest strengths is her ability to create full, rich, complex characters. Concrete Rose offers a new glimpse into the life of Maverick, Starr’s father from The Hate U Give, and this was a wonderful perspective to explore. This novel is much quieter in tone, but no less powerful. Concrete Rose is the story of a Black teenage boy in the late 90s and the mistakes he makes, but also the resilience he has to pave his way towards a brighter future for himself and his growing family. It’s not particularly common in YA for stories about teen dads, which is yet another reason why this novel is so unique and important. This is a novel you won’t want to miss out on. Other Similar Books Other suggestions on the subject of African American History. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water (by: Hannah-Jones, Nikole, Watson, Renee, LE, MG) A Book, Too, Can Be a Star (by: Jones Voiklis, Charlotte, LE, MG) All Different Now: Junteenth, the First Day of Freedom (by: Johnson, Angela, LE) I Have a Dream (by: Nelson, Kadir, LE, MG) Martin's Big Words (by: Rappaport, Doreen, LE, MG) Henry's Freedom Box (by: Levine, Ellen, LE) Finding Langston (by: Cline-Ransome, Lesa, MG) We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March (by: Levinson, Cynthia, MG, UMG) Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary (by: Nolen, Jerdine, MG) Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (by: Levinson, Cynthia, MG) The Lucky Ones (by: Williams Jackson, Linda, MG, UMG) The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure (by: Lassieur, Allison, MG) Black Heroes of the American Revolution (by: Davis, Burke, UMG, MG) Root Magic (by: Royce, Eden, MG, UMG) A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet (by: Lasky, Kathryn, MG) Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (by: Boston Weatherford, Carole, MG) In the Shadow of Liberty (by: Davis, Kenneth C., MG, UMG) Answering the Cry for Freedom (by: Woelfle, Gretchen, MG, UMG) The Underground Abductor (by: Hale, Nathan, MG, UMG) Freewater (by: Luqman-Dawson, Amina, MG) One Crazy Summer (by: Williams-Garcia, Rita, MG, UMG) Through My Eyes (by: Bridges, Ruby, MG, UMG) Ophie's Ghosts (by: Ireland, Justina, MG, UMG) My Name is Phillis Wheatley (by: Cooper, Afua, MG) Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (by: Hoose, Phillip, UMG, YA) The Burning (Young Readers Edition) (by: Beard, Hilary, Madigan, Tim, UMG, YA) The Rock and the River (by: Magoon, Kekla, UMG, YA) The Harlem Hellfighters (by: Myers, Walter Dean, UMG, YA) Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War (by: Sheinkin, Steve, YA, UMG) Troublemaker (by: Cho, John, UMG) Never Caught, The Story of Ona Judge (by: Armstrong Dunbar, Erica, UMG) Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (by: Reynolds, Jason, Kendi, Ibram X., UMG, YA) The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Young Readers' Edition (by: Theoharris, Jeanne, UMG, YA) Day of Tears (by: Lester, Julius, UMG, YA) One Big Open Sky (by: Cline-Ransome, Lesa, UMG, YA) We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding our Racial Divide (by: Anderson, Carol, Bolden, Tonya, UMG, YA) Betty Before X (by: Shabazz, Ilyasah, UMG) Elijah of Buxton (by: Curtis, Christopher Paul, UMG) Midnight Without a Moon (by: Williams Jackson, Linda, UMG) Juba!: A Novel (by: Myers, Walter Dean, UMG) Freedom's Children (by: Levine, Ellen S., UMG, YA) Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children (by: Brubaker Bradley, Kimberly, UMG, YA) Stella by Starlight (by: Draper, Sharon M., UMG) Wolf by the Ears (by: Rinaldi, Ann, UMG, YA) Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship (by: Freedman, Russell, UMG, YA) Seven for a Secret (by: Faye, Lyndsay, YA, A) The Port Chicago 50 (by: Sheinkin, Steve, YA) Copper Sun (by: Draper, Sharon M., YA) Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe" (by: Caravantes, Peggy, YA, A) Crossing Ebenezer Creek (by: Bolden, Tonya, YA, A) Junie (by: Eckstine, Erin Crosby, YA, A) Kindred (by: Butler, Octavia E., YA, A) Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II (by: Mullenbach, Cheryl, YA, A) Homegoing (by: Gyasi, Yaa, YA, A) This Noble Woman: Myrtilla Miner and Her Fight to Establish a School for African American Girls in the Slaveholding South (by: Greenburg, Michael M., YA, A) And We Rise (by: Martin, Erica, YA, A) The Davenports (by: Marquis, Krystal, YA, A) Angel of Greenwood (by: Pink, Randi, YA, A) Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent (by: Cornioley, Pearl Witherington, YA, A) Saving Savannah (by: Bolden, Tonya, YA, A) Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (by: Hall, Rebecca, YA, A) Concrete Rose (by: Thomas, Angie, YA, A) Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream (by: Imani, Blair, YA, A) Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History (by: Getz, Trevor R., YA, A) Speak Out in Thunder Tones (by: Sterling, Dorothy, YA, A) The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy (by: Caravantes, Peggy, YA, A) Inventing Victoria (by: Bolden, Tonya, YA, A) The Reformatory (by: Due, Tananarive, YA, A) Mare's War (by: Davis, Tanita S., YA) For Lamb (by: Cline-Ransome, Lesa, YA, A) The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom (by: Walker, David F., YA, A) The Color Purple (by: Walker, Alice, YA, A) She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World (by: Ross, Michael Elsohn, YA, A) The Hate U Give (by: Thomas, Angie, YA, A) Take My Hand (by: Perkins-Valdez, Dolen, A) Ring Shout (by: Clark, P. 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