A Goddard CBC's Social Justice Prize Nominee - A YALSA Amazing
Audiobook for Young Adults
I will close my eyes and disappear into the pages of this book for many
years to come.--Hanif Abdurraqib (New York Times bestselling author of
Go Ahead in The Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest)
Amyra's wondrous awe for life in all its terror and splendor is
inspiring to witness.--Rosario Dawson (award-winning actor, singer, and
activist)
A moving, inspiring love letter to and about 'the concrete kids. The
kids with a melanin kiss.'-- Kirkus Reviews
Leon's powerful book will embolden readers find their own ways of
speaking out against injustice. -- Booklist, Starred Review
A raw and complex free verse exploration of self-love, Blackness,
womanhood, and healing. A timely, essential purchase for all young adult
collections. -- School Library Journal, Starred Review
In Concrete Kids, playwright, musician, and educator Amyra León uses
free verse to challenge us to dream beyond our circumstances -- and
sometimes even despite them.
Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from
today's leading activists and artists.
Concrete Kids is an exploration of love and loss, melody and
bloodshed. Musician, playwright, and educator Amyra León takes us on a
poetic journey through her childhood in Harlem, as she navigates the
intricacies of foster care, mourning, self-love, and resilience. In her
signature free-verse style, she invites us all to dream with
abandon--and to recognize the privilege it is to dream at all.
