Accelerant

By T L Simpson

From the Printz Honor-winning author of Cope Field

After his best friends are attacked at a Pride demonstration, anime nerd Briar Stokes grabs a length of pipe, dons a Japanese demon mask, and hops on his street bike with one goal: to enact violent revenge against the white supremacists infesting his rural Missouri community.

What he doesn't know is how deep the roots of hate grow, nor how much they've entangled his own family. But when his quest for vengeance pits him against his own stepbrother, who faces radicalization by that same hate group, Briar soon learns the hard way that violence doesn't stop violence . . . It accelerates it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635831636
• ISBN13: 9781635831634
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Flux
• Length: 336 Pages
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary