Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) by Angie Thomas
International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.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
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