Bibliograph

Type

Label

Concrete rose, Angie Thomas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

015-018

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Concrete rose

Oclc number

1148194379

Responsibility statement

Angie Thomas

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 3.4, 10.0, 510408., HS

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. Now he'll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man."--Page 4 of coverMaverick feels strongly about family ties, making choices he feels necessary to help support his mom while his King father serves time, and leave him literally holding his son in a doctor's waiting room after he gets paternity test results back and his babymomma ghosts. Now the child he's raising is impacting the lives of his family and his girlfriend, and the gang life he led to support them all financially could leave them all bearing his responsibilities since it endangers his life. It looks like he may have been offered a chance to go straight, but leaving the King Lords won't be easy, and a "real" job has high demand for low return

Target audience

adolescent

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