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 tor 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, Mavenck finds out he's a father.
Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But it's not so easy to sling dope. finish school. and raise a child. So when he's offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where he's expected to amount to nothing. maybe Mav can prove he's different.
When King Lord blood runs through your veins, …
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 tor 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, Mavenck finds out he's a father.
Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But it's not so easy to sling dope. finish school. and raise a child. So when he's offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where he's expected to amount to nothing. maybe Mav can prove he's different.
When King Lord blood runs through your veins, though. you can't just walk away. Loyalty. revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart. especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. He'll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.
International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.
--front flap
I know nothing about this book going in except that it was a new Angie Thomas book and it all was seasonable from the library when I checked. Turns out this was the perfect time to read it. You don't usually expect ya to describe parenthood so well, but being a new parent myself definitely helped me imagine Maverick's life better. I loved learning more about him after The Hate You Give and the way this book ended right before the stuff Starr tells you happened was perfect.
