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)
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**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.