{"product_id":"riot-baby-hardcover","title":"Riot Baby - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTochi Onyebuchi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 World Fantasy Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of an 2021 ALA Alex Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2020 New England Book Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 Ignyte Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAABMC Literary Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Best Outstanding Work of Literary Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Hugo Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Nebula Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Locus Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003eA Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best of 2020 Pick for \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWired Book Riot\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNYPL\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Austen Chronicle Kobo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGoogle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePlay \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePowell's Books \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDen of Geek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRiot Baby, \u003c\/i\u003e Onyebuchi's first novel for adults, is as much the story of Ella and her brother, Kevin, as it is the story of black pain in America, of the extent and lineage of police brutality, racism and injustice in this country, written in prose as searing and precise as hot diamonds.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRiot Baby\u003c\/i\u003e bursts at the seams of 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElla 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRooted in the hope that can live in anger, \u003ci\u003eRiot Baby \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElla and Kev are both shockingly human and immeasurably powerful. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by racism. Their futures might alter the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTochi Onyebuchi is the author of the young adult novel \u003ci\u003eBeasts Made of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African, its sequel, \u003ci\u003eCrown of Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWar Girls\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds a B.A. from Yale, a M.F.A. in screenwriting from the Tisch School for the Arts, a Master's degree in droit économique from Sciences Po, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePanverse Three\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObsidian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOmenana \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine, \u003ci\u003eUncanny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLightspeed\u003c\/i\u003e. His non-fiction has appeared in Tor.com, \u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine, the Oxford University Press blog, and the Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, among other places. \u003ci\u003eRiot Baby \u003c\/i\u003eis his adult fiction debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alex Awards (2021)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hugo Award (2021)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772588392736,"sku":"9781250214751","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b6e9641deb6a8a347f4a4d2372a7d84a.webp?v=1780408963","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/riot-baby-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}