Burn Baby Burn

<b><b>A Kirkus Prize Finalist * A <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize Nominee * A National Book Award Long List Selection * An American Library Association Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection * A <i>Booklist</i> Editors&#146; Choice * A <i>Horn Book</i> Fanfare Selection * A <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best Teen Book of the Year *A <i>School Library Journal</i> Best Book of the Year * A <i>BookPage</i> Best Children&#146;s Book of the Year</b><br><br>&#147;Medina holds nothing back. . . . A devastatingly intense story this work is a must-have for all collections.&#148; &#151;&#160;<i>School Library Journal</i>&#160;(starred review)</b><br><b><br></b>Meg Medina transports readers to a time when New York seemed balanced on a knife-edge with tempers and temperatures running high: the infamous summer of 1977 when the city is besieged by arson a massive blackout and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Seventeen-year-old Nora Lopez&#146;s family life isn&#146;t going so well either. Before she turns eighteen and can strike out on her own Nora will discover that the greatest dangers are often closer than we like to admit &#151; and the hardest to accept.