Brooklyn, Burning

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When you're sixteen and no one understands who you are, sometimes the
only choice left is to run. If you're lucky, you find a place that
accepts you, no questions asked. And if you're really lucky, that place
has a drum set, a place to practice, and a place to sleep. For Kid, the
streets of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, are that place. Over the course of two
scorching summers, Kid falls hopelessly in love and then loses nearly
everything and everyone worth caring about. But as summer draws to a
close, Kid finally finds someone who can last beyond the sunset.Brooklyn, Burning is the story of two summers in Brooklyn, two summers of fires, music, loss, and ultimately, love.Review

"A lyrical, understated punk-kid love song to Brooklyn and to
chosen family. . . . Overall, the tone is as raw, down-to-earth and
transcendent as the music Scout and Kid ultimately make together." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Brezenoff
lets readers take the reins, recasting and reimagining the lead
roles as often as they like. For readers with little use for labels,
it's an intimate yet wonderfully open rock 'n' roll love story." --Publishers Weekly, starred review"A moving, personal story of friendship, loss, and love, Brezenoff's novel is also a tender tribute to all LGBTQ youth." --The Horn Book Magazine"With
its development of a supportive ersatz family and its
happy-as-it's-going-to-get ending, this will appeal to readers who
enjoyed David Levithan's Love Is the Higher Law." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"A
lyrical, understated punk-kid love song to Brooklyn and to chosen
family. . . . Overall, the tone is as raw, down-to-earth and
transcendent as the music Scout and Kid ultimately make together." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Brezenoff
lets readers take the reins, recasting and reimagining the lead roles
as often as they like. For readers with little use for labels, it's an
intimate yet wonderfully open rock 'n' roll love story." --Publishers Weekly, starred review"A moving, personal story of friendship, loss, and love, Brezenoff's novel is also a tender tribute to all LGBTQ youth." --The Horn Book Magazine"With
its development of a supportive ersatz family and its
happy-as-it's-going-to-get ending, this will appeal to readers who
enjoyed David Levithan's Love Is the Higher Law." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books




About the Author

Steve Brezenoff is the author of dozens of chapter books for younger readers and the young adult novel The Absolute Value of -1.
Born in Queens, Steve has lived in the suburbs on Long Island, on a
couch on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a few feet from the 7 train in the
Sunnyside neighborhood in Queens, and across the Hudson River in
Jersey City--but none of those places has stuck with him or been missed
as acutely as Brooklyn, where he lived on and off for much of his
twenties and early thirties. Steve now lives in St. Paul, with his wife,
Beth, their son, Sam, and dog, Harry.