Concrete Rose
Walker Books
No 1 New York Times bestseller A powerful and important novel Observer No one else who writes like Angie Phenomenal The GuardianFrom 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 Praise for The Hate U Give No 1 New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Waterstones Children s Book AwardWinner of Children s Book of the Year at The British Book AwardsWinner of the Amnesty CILIP Honour for the Carnegie MedalA major motion picture from Fox starring Amandla Stenberg The Hate U Give says more about the contemporary Black experience in America than any book I have read for years Guardian A startling important book The Times Passionate and uncompromising Observer Thomas has given a voice to her generation Stylist One of the most important books Nikesh Shukla Stunning brilliant gut wrenching John Green Utterly compelling Sunday Times
