Mix
top-notch YA writing with tight plotting, suspense, and a mystery to be
solved and you have Paul Griffin’s latest. A gorgeous girl takes a shot
of acid to the face and the narrator, a teen hacker who can flip over
the wrestling team but is rendered helpless by a seizure disorder every
so often, is on the case. While there’s nothing urban
about the book, Passages' students are reading it on the strength of
Griffin’s sterling reputation with them. One student who told me she has spent most of
her life in institutions of one kind or another recently stated to me
that this book is her current favorite. A crossover hit with independent urban readers!--Jessica Fenster-Sparber
Griffin, Paul. Burning Blue. New York: Penguin, 2012.
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