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.
