that was adapted into the popular film of the same name—has written a third book,The novel, which will be published by HarperCollins on January 12, 2021, takes readers back to Garden Heights 17 years prior to the events of
“Of all characters who really just stayed with me, Maverick was at the top of that list,” Thomas, 31, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview about the book. “And what was fascinating to me was once readers started readingand then when the film came out, he was the character that I was asked about the most.”“I started talking to young real life Mavericks. Young men who are trying to still find their way and are often written off and seen as troublemakers or this or that,” she says.
How did Tupac Shakur’s “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” influence this book as well as your previous books? The legacy of the Black Power Movement is woven throughout your books. How do this history empower your characters as well as the black community in the U.S.?
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