Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina (320 Pages)
Summary: 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.
Opinion: This is a mystery fiction teen book that I think has a lot of interesting aspects. However, I really struggled to get into this book. It is slow at the start, but does eventually pick up a little. The best part of this book is the relationship between Nora and Pablo, but the mystery of the serial killer Son of Sam doesn't live up to expectations. Nora's mother and brother are both awful and while I understand the point of them in the story, there eventually became a point where I couldn't stand to read any more interactions between them and Nora. Even Kathleen, Nora's best friend, who is a character I really like annoyed me by the end of the book. Not a book I'd recommend.
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