Run, Riot

A powerful novel about young people standing up for themselves and their community, from the editor/author of The Good Immigrant.

‘This is what it means to live in a place where everyone knows you. The sense of community. The sense of knowing each other, even though we don’t, not really. The idea that we are all living in this space together and understand and want the best for each other.’

Taran and her twin Hari never wanted to move to Firestone House. But when the rent was doubled overnight and Dad’s chemo meant he couldn’t work, they had to make this tower block their home. It’s good now though; they feel part of something here.When they start noticing boarded-up flats and glossy fliers for expensive apartments, they don’t think much of it - until Hari is caught up in a tragedy, and they are forced to go on the run. It’s up to the teenagers to uncover the sinister truth behind what’s going on in the block, before it blows their world apart.