![]() ![]() As the big brother figure, Dre advises Maverick to get a real job at the mom-and-pops grocery instead of selling drugs. ![]() Dre is the main person Maverick can depend on since he’s also a father and preparing to marry his baby’s mother. Maverick learns he is the father, which creates a hardship for him and his single mother and a rift between him and King. But he’s keeping a secret from Lisa: He may be the father of King’s son. Maverick is making amends with his girlfriend, Lisa, after a brief breakup and hanging out with his friends like gang members King and cousin Dre. This prequel focuses on 17-year-old Maverick and his foray into unplanned parenthood amid a contentious relationship with the gang King Lords. ![]() Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas crafts the origin story of the Carter patriarch from her successful debut The Hate U Give and shows the parallels of Maverick’s teenage life in the late 1990s with his daughter Starr’s contemporary experience. ![]()
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