![]() ![]() Readers of The Hate U Give will recognise Maverick as Starr Carter’s father, and Concrete Rose – Thomas’s third novel – is effectively its prequel. In her new young adult novel, Concrete Rose, drugs and violence are more than discussed: the book follows 17-year-old Maverick Carter, a self-described “drug-dealing, gangbanging, high school flunkout … who got two kids by two different girls”. “The initial objection focused on swearing and the discussion of sexual acts and drugs. ![]() “Adults don’t like talking about teenage sex, they don’t want to get uncomfortable.” She has good reason to think so: The Hate U Give, her bestselling debut, was pulled from schools in the city of Katy, Texas. “Absolutely, I’m expecting it,” she replies. A ngie Thomas does not hesitate when I ask whether her new novel will be banned somewhere. ![]()
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