Riot
Paperback – Illustrated, April 26, 2011
Lerner Publishing Group · Paperback · April 26, 2011
As the Civil War rages, another battle breaks out behind the lines.
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- Who it’s for
- A fierce historical novel where racial violence tests belonging and resilience.
- Genres
- Civil War Era YA, Prejudice & Racism for Teens, African American YA
- Published
- Lerner Publishing Group, April 26, 2011
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As the Civil War rages, another battle breaks out behind the lines. During a long hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft—a draft that would allow the wealthy to escape serving in the army by paying a $300 waiver, more than a year's income for the recent immigrant Irish.
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And on July 11, as the first drawing takes place in Lower Manhattan, the city of New York explodes in rage and fire. Stores are looted; buildings, including the Colored Foundling Home, are burned down; and black Americans are attacked, beaten, and murdered. The police cannot hold out against the rioters, and finally, battle-hardened soldiers are ordered back from the fields of Gettysburg to put down the insurrection, which they do—brutally. Fifteen-year-old Claire, the beloved daughter of a black father and Irish mother, finds herself torn between the two warring sides. Faced with the breakdown of the city—the home—she has loved, Claire must discover the strength and resilience to address the new world in which she finds herself, and to begin the hard journey of remaking herself and her identity. Addressing such issues as race, bigotry, and class head-on, Walter Dean Myers has written another stirring and exciting novel that will shake up assumptions, and lift the spirit.
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A fierce historical novel where racial violence tests belonging and resilience.
Come here for
- New York City’s 1863 draft riots as intimate human upheaval
- A teenager caught between Black and Irish family ties
Expect
- Race, class, and bigotry treated head-on
- A reckoning with identity amid a city in crisis
Where it sits
| Civil War Era YA | 95% |
|---|---|
| Prejudice & Racism for Teens | 53% |
| African American YA | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Civil War Era YA
- Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Biracial & Multiracial Stories
- Authors
- Walter Dean Myers
- Publisher
- Lerner Publishing Group
- Published
- April 26, 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Civil War Era YA