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Concrete rose / Angie Thomas.

By: Thomas, Angie [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]Copyright date: �2021Edition: First editionDescription: 360 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 006284671X; 9780062846716Related works: Companion to (work) : Thomas, Angie. Hate u giveSubject(s): African Americans -- Fiction | Teenage fathers -- Fiction | Gangs -- Fiction | African Americans -- Juvenile fiction | Teenage fathers -- Juvenile fiction | Gangs -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Bildungsromans DDC classification: Y A THO LOC classification: PZ7.1.T448 | Co 2021Summary: Maverick feels strongly about family ties, making choices he feels necessary to help support his mom while his King father serves time, and leaves him literally holding his son in a doctor's waiting room after he gets paternity test results back and his babymomma ghosts. Now the child he's raising is impacting the lives of his family and his girlfriend, and the gang life he led to support them all financially could leave them all bearing his responsibilities since it endangers his life. It looks like he may have been offered a chance to go straight, but leaving the King Lords won't be easy, and a "real" job has high demand for low return.
List(s) this item appears in: Black History Month 2023- Recommended Reads
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Prequel to: The hate u give.

Maverick feels strongly about family ties, making choices he feels necessary to help support his mom while his King father serves time, and leaves him literally holding his son in a doctor's waiting room after he gets paternity test results back and his babymomma ghosts. Now the child he's raising is impacting the lives of his family and his girlfriend, and the gang life he led to support them all financially could leave them all bearing his responsibilities since it endangers his life. It looks like he may have been offered a chance to go straight, but leaving the King Lords won't be easy, and a "real" job has high demand for low return.

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