Concrete Rose
"Concrete Rose" by massmarrier is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Text from the back cover:
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. Until, that is, Maverick finds out he's a father. Suddenly he has a baby 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 a chance to go straight, he takes it. 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.