Currently Reading: Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas Date Started: Feb. 21 Goodreads Summary: 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 thereās one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, itās 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 dadās in prison. Lifeās not perfect, but with a fly girlfriend and a cousin who always has his back, Mavās got everything under control. Until, that is, Maverick finds out heās a father. Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But itās not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. So when heās offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where heās expected to am...
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