If you loved ‘ Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman, then you’ll love Concrete Rose. To not falling victim to it all and growing even in the most difficult conditions. It’s about defying the odds and becoming better than the societal stereotype. All of these themes entwined to reiterate what it means to be a young Black man living in a society that is determined to see you fail. This is a novel about toxic masculinity, racism, classism. But when King Lord blood runs through your veins, you don’t get to just walk away. So when he’s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. Suddenly, it’s not so easy to deal drugs and finish school with a baby dependent on him for everything. Life’s not perfect, but he’s got everything under control. 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.
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