Maverick’s father landed in prison because of his connections with the underworld. This was not a new thing because Mav’s family has been linked to the underworld for generations and he takes on the same thing after his father. Perhaps Mav didn’t want to join this kind of stuff but he had to work in some way so that he can ease the financial burden on his mother.
Life was going well, especially when Mav got the support of his cousin. He thought that he had everything well chalked out but he was wrong. The day when Mav is told that he has a son, everything just goes upside down for him. He cannot believe that he has actually become a father. However, he starts feeling that he has to change for the sake of his son because he didn’t want to give his son the same sort of life that his father provided him.
Going on the right path in life was the correct thing to do but it was quite difficult because the family name was attached to Mav and he had to take certain things into his own hands on most occasions. Narrator Dion Graham will make you feel grateful after listening to the story.
Angie Thomas deals in such stories all the time we can take the example of the stories in The Hate U Give and On the Come Up. The stories have action, suspense, and more than anything else these stories have a lot of talk about love. Love can be seen among family members and also among lovers who are ready to sacrifice anything.