Riot ACT

by Sarah Lariviere

A censored stage in an alternate America

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A censored stage in an alternate America

Set in an alternate 1991, Riot ACT brings political control into the cultural life of a high school: the government monitors citizens and restricts books, music, and theater. After her best friend is killed by authorities and her theater teacher vanishes, Gigi rallies her fellow student performers around a production of Shakespeare’s Henry VI. The theater setting gives the story a specific lens on censorship and collective resistance, while its alternative-history framework imagines those pressures within a transformed United States.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Teens and young adults interested in alternative-history fiction.
Readers drawn to stories about censorship, authoritarian government, and political resistance.
Those interested in theater and student-led acts of defiance.

Themes

CensorshipAuthoritarianismPolitical resistanceTheater and performanceFriendship and loss

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Book overview

Punk rock meets Orwell's 1984 in this story of a group of theater kids who take on a political regime, perfect for readers who love books by A.S. King and Marie Lu.

In an alternate 1991, the authoritarian US government keeps tabs on everybody and everything. It censors which books can be read, what music can be listened to, and which plays can be performed.

When her best friend is killed by the authorities and her theater teacher disappears without a trace, Gigi decides to organize her fellow Champaign High School thespians to put on a production of Henry VI. But at what cost?

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