
Riot Baby
“Blazes with rage and glory.”
Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author
A Tor.com Reviewers' Choice of Books about Surviving Political and Environmental Disasters
A USA Today Pick of Must-Read Books for Black History Month
A BookPage Top Pick of Books by Black Authors
An Electric Literature Pick of Contemporary Fiction on Navigating White Supremacy
A Vogue Pick of Best New Books by Black Authors
Finalist for the 2020 New England Book Award for Fiction
An Audible.com Best of the Year selection
Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novella
Finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novella
Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor’s son murdered in a drive-by shooting. Things that haven’t happened yet. Kev, born while Los Angeles burned around them, wants to protect his sister from a power that could destroy her. But when Kev is incarcerated, Ella must decide what it means to watch her brother suffer while holding the ability to wreck cities in her hands.
Rooted in the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is as much an intimate family story as a global dystopian narrative. It burns fearlessly toward revolution and has quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience.
Ella and Kev are both shockingly human and immeasurably powerful. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by racism. Their futures might alter the world.
Praise
