A review by brandie_shanae
Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink

5.0

This book was mind blowing and it made me cry. This book is following two young teenagers who live in the town of Greenwood which is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This book is a ya historical fiction book but also first love is involved in this book as well. Now these two teenager who soon become in love with each other have different beliefs. Angel who is a dancer and loves to help others believes in the arguments made by Booker T. Washington about waiting your turn and being patient to when the black community may rise and live amongst the white community in unity. Though Isaiah who wants to become a poet who wholeheartedly and truly believes in the arguments made by W.E.B DuBois. He believed in his methods where the black community should take what is theirs regardless of what the white community says and to also stand up to them and take no crap. Now with Angel and Isaiah they knew each other their whole loves. I would say this book could really be a enemies to lovers type deal in my opinion because Angel could not stand Isaiah and Isaiah was pretty much pretending the entire time that he could not stand her but that was because he was trying to please his friend Muggy. Muggy was pretty much the rich kid in the community because his father owns a successful business, which mind you it is black owned. Now I have mentioned the location of this story it is located in Greenwood, which is the located of the black Wall Street where all the businesses were black owned and the black community thrived. Now as Isaiah and Angel's love progresses they faced the unthinkable of having their homes and community burned down and on top of that they witnessed seeing their loved ones burned alive. Once again this book was well written and had me in tears. It is definitely a must read.