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Medina, Meg

Burn Baby Burn

310 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-7467-0 $17.99
(1) YA In this vividly evoked coming-of-age story set in 1977 NYC during the oppressive heat wave, seventeen-year-old Nora López faces an insecure future after graduation. The very real fear of an at-large serial killer is magnified by violence at home, and Nora's mother barely scrapes by. Nora is an empathetic character; Medina depicts her troubled family and their diverse Queens neighborhood with realistic, everyday detail.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2016

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