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Riot Baby

Tochi Onyebuchi

  • 89 pages · about 1 hour
  • First published 2020
  • 5 editions
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1 About this book

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.

Good for readers who want: dystopian fiction, science fiction, and a short read.

  • Dystopian fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Racism
  • Revolutions
  • Nigeria
  • Family life
  • United States

2 About Tochi Onyebuchi

Born 1987

Tochi Onyebuchi (born October 4, 1987) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and former civil rights lawyer. His 2020 novella Riot Baby received an Alex Award from the American Library Association, the Ignyte Award for Best Novella, and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 2021. He is known for incorporating civil rights and Afrofuturism into his stories and novels.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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