The engrossing and hard-hitting third novel by Angie Thomas, author of the. He’ll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man. Shop our store today for childrens books written by BIPOC authors/illustrators. Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. Concrete Rose tells the story of a high school senior and gang member, Maverick Carter, and the social and economic challenges of growing up as a Black man. When King Lord blood runs through your veins, though, you can't just walk away. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list in 2021, Concrete Rose is a prequel to The Hate U Give, Thomas’ debut novel. In a world where he’s expected to amount to nothing, maybe Mav can prove he’s different. Maverick is probably my favorite character from The Hate U Give, and I feel bad for saying that because Starr should be. So when he’s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. Thomas’s new novel, Concrete Rose, is set seventeen years before her debut and features protagonist Maverick Carterotherwise known to The Hate U Give readers as Big Mav, Starr’s father. But it’s not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. Until, that is, Maverick finds out he’s a father.
Life’s not perfect, but with a fly girlfriend and a cousin who always has his back, Mav’s got everything under control. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs while his dad’s in prison. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. Concrete Rose (2021) is a young adult novel by award-winning author Angie Thomas. If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family.
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.
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