Concrete Rose

worldwide phenomena In this insightful and moving examination of Black youth and adulthood, Angie Thomas returns to Garden Heights seventeen years prior to the events of The Hate U Give.

Maverick Carter, who is seventeen years old, is aware that a true man looks out for his family. Mav, who is a former gang legend's son, deals for the King Lords as the only method he knows how to do it. He can support his mother, who works two jobs while his dad is incarcerated, with this money.

Although Mav's life isn't ideal, he has everything under control thanks to his amazing fiancée and his supportive cousin.

That is, until Maverick learns he's a father.

All of a sudden, he gets a baby named Seven who is completely dependent on him. But managing a kid, finishing school, and using drugs are not all that simple. He so seizes the opportunity to go straight when it is presented to him. Maybe Mav can show that he's not like the other people in a world where everyone expects him to be nothing.

You can't simply walk away, however, when your blood flows King Lord. Mav faces threats from loyalty, retaliation, and duty, particularly after the heinous murder of a loved one. It will be up to him to choose what it really means to be a man.