Nora Lopez Is Seventeen During the Infamous Year

NORA LOPEZ IS SEVENTEEN DURING THE INFAMOUS YEAR 1977 IN NEW YORK After a freezing winter, a boiling hot summer explodes with arson, a blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam, who is shooting young people on the street seemingly at random. Not only is the city a disaster, but Nora has troubles of her own: her brother, Hector, is growing more uncontrollable by the day, her mother is helpless to stop him, and her father is so busy with his new family that he only calls on holidays. And it doesn’t stop there. The super’s after her mother to pay their overdue rent, and her teachers are pushing her to apply for college, but all Nora wants is to turn eighteen and be on her own. There is a cute guy who started working with her at the deli, but is dating even worth the risk when the killer especially likes picking off couples who stay out too late? Award-winning author Meg Medina transports readers to a time when New York seemed about to explode, with temperatures and tempers running high, to discover how one young woman faces her fears as everything self- destructs around her.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Meg 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 Belpré 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 Tía 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.

PERFORMED BY MARISOL RAMIREZ Marisol Ramirez was born in the Panama Canal Zone and was trained as an actress at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutger’s University. She has performed on such TV shows as Without a Trace, Cold Case, The Shield, ER, and The Mentalist. Marisol has lived and studied abroad in Spain and England.

Running Time: Approx. 8 Hours • Unabridged © 2016 by Margaret Medina, original book published by Candlewick Press.  2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Excerpts from “Cops to .44 Killer: Sons of Sam . . . We Wish to Help You” (04/29/77) and “Breslin to .44 Killer: Give Up Now!” (06/20/77) © Daily News, L.P. (New York). Used with permission. © 2016 Brilliance Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Brilliance Audio™ is a trademark of Brilliance Publishing, Inc. Candlewick® is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.. Brilliance Audio™ is a trademark of Brilliance Publishing, Inc. Candlewick® is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc. www.brillianceaudio.com

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