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Burn Baby Burn

by Meg Medina

A young woman’s summer in 1977 New York

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A young woman’s summer in 1977 New York

Set during New York’s summer of 1977, the novel places seventeen-year-old Nora Lopez amid a city facing arson, a massive blackout, and the Son of Sam shootings. The public turmoil runs alongside strain in Nora’s family life as she approaches the age when she can leave home. The description frames the story around the dangers confronting Nora both in the city and closer to home, bringing a coming-of-age focus to a period marked by real-world crisis.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in coming-of-age fiction.
  • Readers drawn to stories set in New York during the 1970s.
  • Those interested in fiction that connects family tensions with wider social events.

Themes

Coming of ageFamily relationshipsUrban crisisPersonal safety

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Book overview

A Kirkus Prize Finalist * A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee * A National Book Award Long List Selection * An American Library Association Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection * A Booklist Editors' Choice * A Horn Book Fanfare Selection * A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year *A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * A BookPage Best Children's Book of the Year

"Medina holds nothing back. . . . A devastatingly intense story, this work is a must-have for all collections." -- School Library Journal (starred review)

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's family life isn'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 -- and the hardest to accept.
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