Descrip­tions

18 ans avant The Hate U Give, retrouvez Maverick. Lycéen. Dealer. Père.

En 1998, dans le quartier noir de Garden Heights. Maverick sèche le lycée, et il a déjà un pied dans les gangs. Malgré la poigne de sa mère qui l'élève seule, il s'apprête à marcher sur les traces de son père, un baron de la drogue en prison.

Tout change lorsqu'il découvre qu'il est père. Le voilà contraint d'élever son bébé, auquel il s'attache, tout en affrontant la colère de sa petite amie Lisa.

Maverick veut être un homme bien ; il veut prouver qu'il peut faire les choses différemment. Mais on ne quitte pas les gangs si facilement.

If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs while his dad’s in prison.

Life’s not perfect, but with a fly girlfriend and a cousin who always has his back, Mav’s got everything under control.

Until, that is, Maverick finds out he’s a father.

Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But it’s not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. So when he’s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where he’s expected to amount to nothing, maybe Mav can prove he’s different.

When King Lord blood runs through your veins, though, you can't just walk away. Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. He’ll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.