Category: Riot Rundown

Sponsored by Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé with Fierce Reads

How can you play the game when the cards are stacked against you? This instant New York Times bestseller is a blistering exploration of racism, identity, and privilege.

When Devon and Chiamaka are selected to be part of their elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. Shortly after the announcement, someone begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down. What seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game.

Sponsored by Amazon Publishing

Two giraffes. One truck. A 1938 road trip. Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he recalls an unforgettable experience from 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver the first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Read West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge, an incredible novel inspired by true events.

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More than two decades ago, respected family man and guidance counselor Clayton Jay Pelley confessed to the brutal murder of teenage student Leena Rai. But why he killed her has always been a mystery. Now he’s revealing all to true crime podcaster Trinity Scott. Clayton says he didn’t do it. Was he lying then? Or is he lying now? As her listeners increase and ratings skyrocket, one thing becomes clear: Clayton is not the only one in this small town with a secret. Read Beneath Devil’s Bridge from Amazon Charts bestselling author Loreth Anne White.

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Julián “Jules” Luna has a plan for his life: Graduate. Get into UCLA. Move away from Corpus Christi, Texas. Then, with one impulsive tweet, he outs himself, ruining his plans for a low-key move. When Mat, a cute Twitter crush from Los Angeles, slides into Jules’s DMs, Jules can tell him anything. But when Jules’s fears about coming out come true, the person he needs most is fifteen hundred miles away. Now that Jules is in control of his life, what he does next is up to him. Read Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa.

Sponsored by Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé with Fierce Reads

How can you play the game when the cards are stacked against you? This instant New York Times bestseller is a blistering exploration of racism, identity, and privilege.

When Devon and Chiamaka are selected to be part of their elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. Shortly after the announcement, someone begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down. What seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game.

Sponsored by HarperCollins Children's Books

Mischief and her side-cat Mayhem are your respectably heinous villains. They’ll spoil new movies, steal cake from parties they weren’t invited to, and hit the good citizens where it’ll dirty them most—their toilet paper. But before they were supervillains, they were just Missy and Gizmo, fresh recruits at superhero boot camp.

Except Missy lied on her hero application and has exactly zero superpowers, just her brainpower. Humiliated when caught, only one fellow recruit is willing to stand by her—Melvira. But unbeknownst to others, Melvira has her own villainous agenda.

Can Missy face the friend who was once her defender?

Sponsored by Sourcebooks

For centuries, witches have maintained the climate, but now their control is faltering as the atmosphere becomes more erratic. All hope lies with an Everwitch named Clara.

In Autumn, Clara wants nothing to do with her power; the price―losing the ones she loves―is too high.

In Winter, storms rage, and Clara accepts that she’s the only one who can make a difference.

In Spring, Clara falls for Sang. As her magic grows, she’s terrified she’ll lose him.

In Summer, Clara must choose between her duty and the people she loves…before she loses Sang, her magic, and thrusts the world into chaos.

Sponsored by Wednesday Books

In this sweeping debut, Asha Bromfield takes readers to the heart of Jamaica, and into the soul of a girl coming to terms with her family, and herself, set against the backdrop of a hurricane.

Tilla is forced to face the storm that unravels in her own life as she learns about the dark secrets that lie beyond the veil of paradise. Hurricane Summer is a powerful coming of age story that deals with colorism, classism, young love, the father-daughter dynamic—and what it means to discover your own voice in the center of complete destruction.

Sponsored by Epic Reads

When Japanese-American teen Nozomi Nagai pictured her ideal summer romance in San Francisco this summer, a fake one wasn’t what she had in mind. A love triangle becomes even messier when fake dating and old flames get involved. This is a queer modern rom-com with depth by award-winning author Misa Sugiura, perfect for fans of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han!

Sponsored by Words Composed of Sea and Sky by Erica George, from Running Press Teens

This summer Cape Cod romance features poets divided by centuries. In 1862, Leta Townsend writes poetry under the name Benjamin Churchill, a boy who left for sea to hunt whales. Today, Michaela Dunn, an aspiring poet, discovers an old diary that tells Leta and Benjamin’s true story.

Discover the sumptuous new summer read that earned high praise from Kirkus Reviews: “There are two plucky heroines and four handsome hunks in this sweeping romance—and the author successfully juggles them all. The narrative effectively balances big, swoonworthy moments against smart character work.”