"Riot Baby bursts at the seams of the story with so much fire, passion, and power that in the end, it turns what we call a narrative into something different altogether."—Marlon James
Ella has one thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son was shot and killed. Things that haven't happened yet. Kev, while Los Angeles burned around them, wants to protect his sister from a power that could destroy her. But when Kev is incarcerated, Ella should decide what it means to see her brother suffer while holding the ability to wreck cities in her hands.
Rooted in hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is as much an intimate family story as a global dystopian tale. It burns fearlessly toward revolution and quietly has to say about the destructive things to love, fury, and the black American experience.
Ella and Kiev are both shockingly human and immeasurable powerful. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by racism. Their futures could change the world.
"[Tochi] Onyebuchi has woven a story as uplifting as it is heartbreaking, an epic ode to the future and the past, small acts of resistance, love, and wild invincible sweep of revolution.0 -Daniel Jose Old
At the request of the publisher, the title is being sold without applying digital rights management software (DRM).
Ella has one thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son was shot and killed. Things that haven't happened yet. Kev, while Los Angeles burned around them, wants to protect his sister from a power that could destroy her. But when Kev is incarcerated, Ella should decide what it means to see her brother suffer while holding the ability to wreck cities in her hands.
Rooted in hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is as much an intimate family story as a global dystopian tale. It burns fearlessly toward revolution and quietly has to say about the destructive things to love, fury, and the black American experience.
Ella and Kiev are both shockingly human and immeasurable powerful. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by racism. Their futures could change the world.
"[Tochi] Onyebuchi has woven a story as uplifting as it is heartbreaking, an epic ode to the future and the past, small acts of resistance, love, and wild invincible sweep of revolution.0 -Daniel Jose Old
At the request of the publisher, the title is being sold without applying digital rights management software (DRM).