Set 17 years before the events of The Hate U Give, Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas is a story about what it means to be a young Black man in America. At 17, Maverick is dealing drugs for a gang to help his mother, who is already working two jobs. But when he discovers he has a son, Seven, Maverick decides it's time to go straight, but he soon finds extricating himself from the gang isn't simple.
Out Jan. 12