Riot baby / Tochi Onyebuchi
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TextEdition: First editionDescription: 176 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 9781250214751; 1250214750Subject(s): Racism -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Revolutions -- Fiction | Riots -- FictionGenre/Form: Dystopias | Dystopias. | Dystopian fiction. | Fiction. | Science fiction. | Dystopias. | Dystopian fiction. | Science fiction. Additional physical formats: Online version:: Riot babyLOC classification: PS3615.N93 | R56 2020Summary: "Rooted in foundational loss and the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is both a global dystopian narrative and an intimate family story with quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience. Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both gifted with extraordinary power. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by structural racism and brutality. Their futures might alter the world. When Kev is incarcerated for the crime of being a young black man in America, Ella - through visits both mundane and supernatural - tries to show him the way to a revolution that could burn it all down"--
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/ONY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500057449 |
"Rooted in foundational loss and the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is both a global dystopian narrative and an intimate family story with quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience. Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both gifted with extraordinary power. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by structural racism and brutality. Their futures might alter the world. When Kev is incarcerated for the crime of being a young black man in America, Ella - through visits both mundane and supernatural - tries to show him the way to a revolution that could burn it all down"--
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