Concrete Rose

By Angie Thomas

No. 1 New York Times bestseller&quot;A powerful and important novel.” Observer &quot;No one else who writes like Angie. Phenomenal.” The Guardian   From international phenomenon Angie Thomas comes a hard-hitting return to Garden Heights with the story of Maverick Carter, Starr’s father, set seventeen years before the events of the award-winning The Hate U Give.With his King Lord dad in prison and his mom working two jobs, seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter helps the only way he knows how: slinging drugs. Life&#39;s not perfect, but he&#39;s got everything under control. Until he finds out he&#39;s a father...Suddenly it&#39;s not so easy to deal drugs and finish school with a baby dependent on him for everything. So when he&#39;s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. But when King Lord blood runs through your veins, you don&#39;t get to just walk away.Praise for The Hate U Give:No. 1 New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Waterstones Children&#39;s Book AwardWinner of Children&#39;s Book of the Year at The British Book AwardsWinner of the Amnesty CILIP Honour for the Carnegie MedalA major motion picture from Fox starring Amandla Stenberg&quot;The Hate U Give says more about the contemporary Black experience in America than any book I have read for years.&quot; Guardian&quot;A startling, important book.&quot; The Times&quot;Passionate and uncompromising.&quot; Observer&quot;Thomas has given a voice to her generation.&quot; Stylist&quot;One of the most important books.&quot; Nikesh Shukla&quot;Stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching.&quot; John Green&quot;Utterly compelling.&quot; Sunday Times

No. 1 New York Times bestseller"A powerful and important novel.” Observer "No one else who writes like Angie. Phenomenal.” The Guardian From international phenomenon Angie Thomas comes a hard-hitting return to Garden Heights with the story of Maverick Carter, Starr’s father,

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