Musician and playwright Amyra León opens up about her tumultuous childhood in Harlem where she learned the true meaning of perseverance.
"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 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
We write our names in the concrete, dreaming of the day we are finally free . . .
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 what a privilege it is to dream at all.
In today's world, we are searching for voices of clarity, innovation, and change. Welcome to the Pocket Change Collective, small books with big ideas from today's leading activists.
A Goddard CBC's Social Justice Prize Nominee
| ISBN: | 9780593095195 |
| Publication date: | 5th October 2020 |
| Author: | Amyra León |
| Publisher: | Penguin Workshop an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Pocket Change Collective |
| Genres: |
Poetry Books for Children Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism |
Musician and playwright Amyra León opens up about her tumultuous childhood in Harlem where she learned the true meaning of perseverance. A timely, essential ¬purchase for all young adult collections."-School Library Journal, starred reviewWe write our names in the concrete, dreaming of the day we are finally free . . .
Concrete Kids features in the following genres: Poetry Books for Children, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism
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Concrete Kids was written by Amyra León and published by Penguin Workshop an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
Concrete Kids has 96 pages
Yes it is part of Pocket Change Collective series
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