by Angie Thomas
Part of The Hate U Give
First published 2021
Seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter is the son of a former gang legend, dealing drugs to support his family. But when Mav unexpectedly becomes a father to baby Seven, he's forced to choose between the only life he's ever known and a chance to build a better future. As Mav navigates parenthood and the King Lord gang's grip on his life, loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear him apart, especially after a brutal murder. Mav will have to redefine what it means to be a man.
Genres: fiction, african-american, contemporary, 21st-century, urban, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, redemption
Setting: Garden Heights, United States
Period: 20th century
368 pages · Paperback · Clarion Books
Content warnings: drug-use, violence