Jamal’s best friend, Q, doesn’t know he’s about to die . . . again. He also doesn’t know that Jamal tried to save his life, rescuing him from drowning only to watch Q die later in the hospital. Even more complicated, Jamal and Q haven’t been best friends in two years—not since Jamal’s parents died in a car accident, leaving him and his sister to carry on without them. Grief swallowed Jamal whole, and he blamed Q for causing the accident.
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Concrete Rose – Angie Thomas
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.
Dear Evan Hansen – Val Emmich
Dear Evan Hansen, tells the story of when a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family’s grief over the loss of their son. Evan is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just must stick to a lie he never meant… Continue reading Dear Evan Hansen – Val Emmich
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