_dulcekk 's review for:

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

4.0

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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Maverick, 17 is trying to navigate his circumstances the best way he knows how. He gets news that he is a father & has to adjust the best way he knows how. A tragedy occurs and his close cousin is no longer around and Maverick begins to spiral. He then learns that he will be a father again. Now, two kids with two different women, grieving the loss of his cousin, failing in school, & seeking revenge for his cousin… Maverick is a train wreck waiting to happen! 

Mr. Wyatt was the beacon of light for him… a chance to think beyond his current circumstances and be someone for himself, and his children. Maverick simply needed to believe in himself.