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2021

Format:	Audio Books, Nonmusical Sound Recording, Sound Recording, Electronic Resources
Author:	Thomas, Angie, author.
Title:	Concrete rose / Angie Thomas.
Edition:	Unabridged. [Playaway audio edition].
Publisher, Date:	Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2021] ℗2021
Description:	1 audio media player (8.5 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. 083000
Summary:	Seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter, son of a former gang legend deals for the gang to help his mom, until he finds out he's a father. Juggling school, dealing drugs, and raising a child is more difficult than he thought so when he's offered the chance to go straight, he takes it.
Notes:	Previously released by HarperAudio. Playaway Audio Player. Performed by Dion Graham.
Subjects:	Teenage fathers -- Juvenile fiction. Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction. African Americans -- Juvenile fiction. Gangs -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre:	Urban fiction. Coming-of-age fiction Audiobooks. Young adult fiction. Playaway (Preloaded audio player)
Other Author:	Graham, Dion, narrator.
ISBN:	9781664998575
Current Holds:	0
Local Availability:	1 (of 1)
System Availability:	2 (of 2)

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One of the most dynamic characters in Thomas's acclaimed The Hate U Give (rev. 3/17) is Starr's father, Maverick Carter. In this prequel, seventeen-year-old Mav has joined his incarcerated father's gang for protection and is secretly selling drugs with his best friend. The situation isn't ideal, but it provides young Mav with everything he wants in life...until he discovers he's a father. Suddenly a single parent to a three-month-old, Mav reevaluates the life he needs to live for his son (and that's just the first major complication), but he quickly discovers that leaving his old life without consequences isn't an option, while outside pressures build to a tragic event. Authentic to the point of heartbreak, Maverick's voice is earnest as he wrestles with his decisions. Even as his behavior swings chaotically between virtue and violence or near-violence, Mav's main motive remains consistent throughout -- to protect and honor his loved ones. Fans of Thomas's work will not be disappointed by this intense portrayal of this phase in the Carter family's story. Eboni Njoku March/April 2021 p.101(c) Copyright 2021. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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The engrossing and hard-hitting third novel by Angie Thomas, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give and On the Come Up, stars Maverick Carter, Starrs father, as a teen.

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