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Concrete Rose

By Angie Thomas
Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher HarperCollins Imprint Balzer + Bray ISBN

9780062846716

Awards and Honors 2022 Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book
2022 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults – Top Ten

Concrete Rose

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CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS

Crime: Drug Trafficking/Dealing,Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: Death

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 just walk away. Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. He’ll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.
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