Concrete Rose

Thomas, Angie

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322 pages
Summary: The son of a drug king, seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter is negotiating life in Garden Heights as he balances school, slinging dope, and working two jobs while his dad is in prison. He' got it all under control - until, that is, Mav finds out he's a father. Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. Loyalty, revenge and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. So when Mav is offered the chance to go straight, it's an opportunity - in a world where he's expected to amount to nothing - to prove he's different and figure out for himself what it really means to be a man. (Publisher)
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20210114100011.0
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Fiction Shelves A6716
call #:THO
ISBN:9781406384444
pub:2021
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From international phenomenon Angie Thomas comes a hard-hitting return to Garden Heights with the story of Maverick Carter, Starr' s father, set seventeen years before the events of the award-winning The Hate U Give. With his King Lord dad in prison and his mom working two jobs, seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter helps the only way he knows how: slinging drugs. Life' s not perfect, but he' s got everything under control. Until he finds out he' s a father. . . Suddenly it' s not so easy to deal drugs and finish school with a baby dependent on him for everything. So when he' s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. But when King Lord blood runs through your veins, you don' t get to just walk away.