![]() ![]() 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. Seventeen-year-old Nora Lopez’s family life isn’t going so well, either. 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. ![]() A devastatingly intense story, this work is a must-have for all collections.” - School Library Journal (starred review) ![]() 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 ![]()
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