![]() ![]() Months ago, when they broke up, shortly after Mav decided to make out with Iesha, a girl known for banging a fair collection of guys. Lisa’s mother and brother Carlos are the absolute worst at being welcoming to him. Many reasons are around for why Mav and Lisa struggle to make their relationship work. Well, gears will end up having to shift when we learn a bit of a backstory. ![]() The rep his father left behind earns Mav the nickname L’il Don. Maverick’s father, Adonis, was the ruler of the streets for a very long time but is now serving a sentence of forty to life, which isn’t a prison sentence. He’s a very close friend and ally of the main drug dealer on the streets, young King, and he’s pretty adapted in the field despite the fact his ma Frey and on-again off-again girlfriend Lisa have no idea. He’s just beginning twelfth grade, but doesn’t really have plans to go past college. The prequel to The Hate U Give, we meet Starr’s father, Maverick Carter, when he was 17, in the year 1998, coincidentally the year I was born, a fact that has nothing to do with this book whatsoever. The young but grown up guy looking indifferently at us through that cover asks us questions through that stare: Are you going to treat me any different than you would a white person? Do you have expectations of me? Do you accept me for who I am? Do you accept others for who they are? If you have problems in your life, are you gonna own up to them or run away like a coward? I stare at that man, and I want to salute him. ![]()
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