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.” —
(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.