Description
Seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter is navigating life in Garden Heights as a talented basketball player, devoted friend, and member of the King Lords gang. When he learns he is the father of an infant son, Mav must confront adult responsibilities while balancing school, family expectations, loyalty to his friends, and the dangerous pressures of gang life. As he searches for a way to provide a better future, he begins to question the choices and cycles that have shaped his world. A powerful coming-of-age story, the novel explores fatherhood, identity, systemic inequality, family, and the difficult work of breaking free from inherited circumstances.
Available Editions
hardcover
Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Published May 11, 2021
ISBN: 9780063046788
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Details
First Published
2021
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas.