Run, Riot

Nikesh Shukla
3.66
247 ratings 52 reviews
A powerful novel about young people standing up for themselves and their community, from the editor/author of The Good Immigrant. When teenagers Hari and Jamal film an unarmed youth from their estate being beaten by police, they find themselves hunted by the very people who should be protecting them. But as they go on the run with Hari's twin sister, Taran, and Jamal's girlfriend, Anna, the four friends discover that the truth behind the shooting goes so much deeper, with terrible personal consequences for them all. A hard-hitting YA crime thriller dealing with timely themes of youth helplessness, gentrification and police brutality.
Genres: Young AdultContemporaryFictionMysteryYoung Adult ContemporaryThriller
262 Pages

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