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* BlackAndNerdy: In chapter 7, Maverick reveals that he enjoys World lit and is a fan of Creator/WilliamShakespeare’s plays.
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* DisappearedDad: Several characters have fathers who are dead, in prison, or just not around. Averted hard with Maverick, who takes care of Seven as best he knows how.
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* DisappearedDad: Several characters have fathers who are dead, in prison, or just not around. Averted hard with Maverick, who takes care of Seven as best he knows how.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: When Dre is murdered in front of Maverick's house, Maverick's mother Faye is horrified that it could have just as easily been Maverick who was killed.]]
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''Concrete Rose'' is a 2021 young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is a prequel to ''Literature/TheHateUGive'' and details a pivotal year in young Maverick Carter's life.
''Concrete Rose'' is a 2021 young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is a prequel to ''Literature/TheHateUGive'' and details a pivotal year in young Maverick Carter's life.
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Faye, Maverick's mother. She comes out to Maverick near the end of the book, revealing that her "friend" Mo is actually her girlfriend.]]
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* SexForSolace: [[spoiler: Happens between Maverick and Lisa after Dre’s funeral.]]
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* SexForSolace: The tryst that led to Seven's conception; Iesha had sex with Maverick to take his mind off of his girlfriend Lisa breaking up with him. [[spoiler: Happens Also happens between Maverick and Lisa after Dre’s funeral.]]
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* TeenPregnancy: Several occur over the course of the story, which is lampshaded by several characters, including Maverick himself, thinking "What the hell in the water around here?" when he finds out that [[spoiler: Iesha is pregnant with King's child, who readers of The Hate U Give will know is King and Iesha's oldest daughter, Starr's friend Kenya]].
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* TeenPregnancy: Several occur over the course of the story, which is lampshaded by several characters, including Maverick himself, thinking "What the hell in the water around here?" when he finds out that [[spoiler: Iesha is pregnant with King's child, who readers of The Hate U Give Literature/TheHateUGive will know is King and Iesha's oldest daughter, Starr's friend Kenya]].
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* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler: Faye, Maverick's mother, is dating Mo, what with Maverick's father Adonis being in prison. Adonis isn't thrilled about this arrangement, but he knows about it and eventually comes to peace with it because Mo makes Faye so happy.]]
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Maverick is seventeen with a loving girlfriend and friends who have his back, but his father, former crown of the King Lords gang, is in prison, and Maverick sells drugs to help his mother make ends meet. The book opens with Maverick finding out out that he has a three-month-old son, product of a heartbreak-fueled tryst with his friend King's friend with benefits Iesha during a brief period when his girlfriend Lisa had broken up with him. Suddenly a father, Maverick must learn what it really takes to be a man.
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Maverick is seventeen with a loving girlfriend and friends who have his back, but his father, former crown of the King Lords gang, is in prison, and Maverick sells drugs to help his mother make ends meet. The book opens with Maverick finding out out that he has a three-month-old son, product of a heartbreak-fueled tryst with his friend King's friend with benefits Iesha during a brief period when his girlfriend Lisa had broken up with him. Suddenly a father, Maverick must learn what it really takes to be a man.
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* MortonsFork: In Mav's self-perception. If he stays as a gangbanger, he considers himself filthy. If he leaves, he considers himself weak. Whichever path he takes, he thinks he's failed as a man. [[spoiler: He eventually chooses to leave the gangbanger life]].
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* ForegoneConclusion: Readers of Literature/TheHateUGive will know that [[spoiler: Iesha's baby is Maverick's son Seven and that Lisa is indeed pregnant with Starr.]]
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* TeenPregnancy: Several occur over the course of the story, which is lampshaded by several characters, including Maverick himself.
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* TeenPregnancy: Several occur over the course of the story, which is lampshaded by several characters, including Maverick himself.himself, thinking "What the hell in the water around here?" when he finds out that [[spoiler: Iesha is pregnant with King's child, who readers of The Hate U Give will know is King and Iesha's oldest daughter, Starr's friend Kenya]].
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Faye, Maverick's mother. She has been dating Mo for several years, but the comes out to Maverick later in the book.]]
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* ShoutOut: To Literature/OnTheComeUp. Maverick and Dre listen to Bri's father Lawless' new LP.
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**To Literature/OnTheComeUp. Maverick and Dre listen to Bri's father Lawless' newLP.LP.
**To Music/TupacShakur. The book's title, section headings, and metaphor applied to Maverick are all based his poem "The Rose That Grew from Concrete", and Mav and Dre discuss him.
**To Literature/OnTheComeUp. Maverick and Dre listen to Bri's father Lawless' new
**To Music/TupacShakur. The book's title, section headings, and metaphor applied to Maverick are all based his poem "The Rose That Grew from Concrete", and Mav and Dre discuss him.
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