{"product_id":"9781406384444-concrete-rose","title":"Concrete Rose","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo. 1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful and important novel.” \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No one else who writes like Angie. Phenomenal.” \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Hate U Give\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Hate U Give:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo. 1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Waterstones Children's Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of Children's Book of the Year at The British Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Amnesty CILIP Honour for the Carnegie Medal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major motion picture from Fox starring Amandla Stenberg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Hate U Give \u003c\/i\u003esays more about the contemporary Black experience in America than any book I have read for years.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A startling, important book.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Passionate and uncompromising.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thomas has given a voice to her generation.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most important books.\" \u003cb\u003eNikesh Shukla\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching.\" \u003cb\u003eJohn Green\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Utterly compelling.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33704230125665,"sku":"9781406384444","price":6.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29589021.jpg?v=1725609607","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781406384444-concrete-rose","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}