Parents need to know that Concrete Rose, by Angie Thomas (prequel to the highly acclaimed The Hate U Give, which won a Coretta Scott King Author Award and was adapted for a 2018 movie) is about what happens when 17-year-old Maverick suddenly has to care for a 3-month-old infant boy who's the product of a one-night stand.
In another scene, a boy goes to work stoned and his boss perceives his state.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. They sell marijuana, pills, cocaine, and heroin. He'll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.The main character and numerous secondary characters are members of drug-dealing gangs.
Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. When King Lord blood runs through your veins, though, you can't just walk away. In a world where he's expected to amount to nothing, maybe Mav can prove he's different. So when he's offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. 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. 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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