Heavy Vinyl: Riot on the Radio (#1)
Illustrator
Nina Vakueva
Publisher
Boom! Box
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781684151417
Pages
112 pages
Genre
realism
Format
graphic novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at Vinyl Mayhem. It's as rad as she imagined; her boss is BOSS, her co-workers spend their time arguing over music, pushing against the patriarchy, and endlessly trying to form a band. When Rosie Riot, the staff's favorite singer, mysteriously vanishes the night before her band's show, Chris discovers her co-workers are doing more than just sorting vinyl...Her local indie record store is also a front for a teen girl vigilante fight club!
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Interracial; Multiracial; Gay/Lesbian; interracial relationship; multiracial community; gay; gay adults; gay fathers; lesbian; lesbian teenagers; lesbian relationship
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Black (African American) / Latinx (Puerto Rican) / White
Family Formation
mother and father; two fathers
LGBTQ+
gay males; lesbian females
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2018, Nominee, Young Adult Graphic Novel
Rainbow List, 2019 Graphic Novels
YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2019 Fiction
Keywords
record store; music; New Jersey; secrets; vigilante club; insecurity; pop culture; missing person; investigation
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Usdin, Carly, "Heavy Vinyl: Riot on the Radio (#1)" (2018). Diverse Families. 1895.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1895