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Concrete rose / Angie Thomas.

Summary:

If there's one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it's 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 dad's in prison. Life's not perfect, but with a fly girlfriend and a cousin who always has his back, Mav's got everything under control. Until, that is, Maverick finds out he's a father. Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But it's not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. So when he's offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where he's expected to amount to nothing, maybe Mav can prove he's different. When King Lord blood runs through your veins, though, you can't just walk away. Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. He'll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062846716
ISBN: 006284671X
ISBN: 9780062846723
ISBN: 0062846728
Physical Description: 360 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, date of publication, and page numbers may vary. 2023-24 Gateway lists. Companion to The Hate U Give.
Target Audience Note:	14-17 years HL500L Lexile Decoding demand: 86 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 70 (high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile Young adult.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 3.4 10 510408.
Awards Note:	Gateway Readers Award nominee 2023-2024