Concrete Rose

by Angie Thomas

Genres: YA Historical Fiction; General Fiction; Authors of color; African American

Synopsis

No. 1 New York Times bestseller
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's not perfect, but he's got everything under control. Until he finds out he's a father...
Suddenly it's not so easy to deal drugs and finish school with a baby dependent on him for everything. So when he's offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. But when King Lord blood runs through your veins, you don't get to just walk away.
"A powerful and important novel.” OBSERVER
"No one else who writes like Angie. Phenomenal.” THE GUARDIAN

Release date: January 12, 2021

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Print pages: 368