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OverviewWhile violence runs rampant throughout New York, a teenage girl faces danger within her own home in Meg Medina's riveting coming-of-age novel. Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York 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. Nora's family life isn't going so well either: her bullying brother, Hector, is growing more threatening by the day, her mother is helpless and falling behind on the rent, and her father calls only on holidays. All Nora wants is to turn eighteen and be on her own. And while there is a cute new guy who started working with her at the deli, is dating even worth the risk when the killer likes picking off couples who stay out too late? Award-winning author Meg Medina transports us to a time when New York seemed balanced on a knife-edge, with tempers and temperatures running high, to share the story of a young woman who discovers that the greatest dangers are often closer than we like to admit-and the hardest to accept. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Meg Medina , Marisol RamirezPublisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio Imprint: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio Edition: Unabridged Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 17.10cm Weight: 0.068kg ISBN: 9781511371872ISBN 10: 1511371870 Publication Date: 08 March 2016 Recommended Age: From 13 to 17 years Audience: Young adult , Teenage / Young adult Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMeg Medina, named one of CNN's Ten Visionary Women, is the author of the young adult novel Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which received a Pura Belpre Award in 2014. She is also the author of the novel The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind and the picture books Mango, Abuela, and Me and Tia Isa Wants a Car, for which she won an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. Meg Medina was raised in Queens, New York, where she lived in 1977, one of the worst years in the city's history. About Burn Baby Burn, she says, While telling Nora's story, I was writing about violence at the tipping point, both in a city and in a family. Young people then and now sometimes have to grow up against a backdrop of unspeakable events. Their fight for hope, respect, and happiness always amazes me. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her family. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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