Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Flatiron Books.
When five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, they reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking down the muddy path.
But one of the women doesn’t come out of the woods.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by I Stop Somewhere by TE Carter.
Ellie Frias disappeared long before she vanished.
Tormented throughout middle school, Ellie begins her freshman year with a new look: she doesn’t need to be popular; she just needs to blend in with the wallpaper.
But when the unthinkable happens, Ellie finds herself trapped after a brutal assault. She wasn’t the first victim, and now she watches it happen again and again. She tries to hold on to her happier memories in order to get past the cold days, waiting for someone to find her.
The problem is, no one searches for a girl they never noticed in the first place.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Flatiron Books.
Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Epic Reads.
We’ve all had those days when everything changes and suddenly you must reckon with the new you. Between a religious family, sexual harassment at work, and dealing with the heartache of his sort-of ex, Adam’s life is falling apart. His new boyfriend and best friend have kept him sane, but on this day, old memories and new disappointments come crashing together, throwing life into chaos. Yet despite everything he has to let go, he may also find freedom in the release.
Patrick Ness weaves a deeply affecting story about what happens when the walls we build start coming down.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by The Birthday Girl by Sue Fortin.
Four friends. A party to die for. One killer surprise.
As birthday girl Joanne turns forty, no one wants to celebrate her special day, or play along with her idea of a fun party – a weekend away in a cozy cottage in the woods. But as her friends reluctantly gather round her it quickly becomes clear that there is more to Joanne’s birthday weekend, because Joanne is planning to reveal a secret that one of her friends is hiding… A beautiful cottage in the middle of the countryside sounds idyllic – until no one can hear your cries for help. And when Joanne’s party turns into a murder scene, one of the party guests must be the killer. As secrets unravel, the rest of Jo’s friends face a race against time to discover the murderer, before they are next on the killer’s guest list…
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Blackstone Publishing.
A powerful new memoir about growing up with a hard father in a hard land, from the patriarch of Discovery Channel’s Emmy-shortlisted program Alaska: The Last Frontier.
Atz Kilcher’s reckoning with his unusual childhood builds with 18each chapter of Son of a Midnight Land, offering readers a realistic look at the emotional price he paid for his father’s dream to homestead in Alaska’s remote wilderness.
“Very seldom do we get windows into our parents’ private lives with such honesty…This book…proves anyone can find forgiveness, love, and even change at any age.”
— Jewel, singer and daughter of Atz Kilcher
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson.
Alice Hill was only fourteen when she was viciously stabbed by two of her classmates and left to die. Her friends told authorities that Alice was supposed to be a sacrifice for a man called Mister Tender – but that’s insane. Mister Tender isn’t even real. He’s just a sinister character in a series of popular graphic novels. Isn’t he?
Over a decade later, Alice is trying to move on. But someone is watching her. They know more about Alice than any stranger could: her scars, her fears, and the secrets she keeps locked away. She can try to escape her past, but the threat of Mister Tender is never far behind.
Inspired by the Slender Man crime, this gripping thriller plunges you into a world of haunting memories and unseen threats, leaving you guessing until the harrowing end.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents’ master plan. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies.
With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can’t bring herself to tell them the truth—that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel, new in paperback from Vintage Books.
Many people dream of escaping their life. Christopher Knight did it for 27 years. Journalist Michael Finkel draws on extensive interviews with Knight and shows how Knight lived in a secluded encampment, developing ingenious ways to store provisions and avoid freezing to death. A former alarm technician, he stealthily broke into nearby cottages for food, books, and supplies, taking only what he needed but sowing unease and fear in a community plagued by his mysterious burglaries. Since returning to the world, he has faced unique challenges—and compelled us to reexamine our assumptions about what makes a good life.
Today’s The Stack is sponsored by Speak: The Graphic Novel.
Adapted by Laurie Halse Anderson herself and powerfully illustrated by Emily Carroll, the beloved and groundbreaking novel Speak is now a stunning graphic novel.