After a freezing winter, a boiling hot summer explodes with arson, a blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam, who is shooting teenagers on the street seemingly at random.

Not only is the city a disaster, but Nora has problems of her personal: her brother, Hector, is growing more uncontrollable by the day, her mom is helpless to avoid him, and her father is so busy with his new family that he just calls on vacations.

And it doesn’t end there. The super’s after her mom to spend their overdue lease, and her teachers are pressing her to apply for university, but all Nora desires is normally to turn eighteen and become on her very own. There’s a lovely guy who began dealing with her at the deli, but is usually dating even worth the chance when the killer specifically likes choosing off lovers who stay out too late?

Award-winning author Meg Medina transports readers to a period when NY seemed about to explode, with temperatures and tempers working high, to discover how one youthful female faces her fears as everything self-destructs around her.