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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
Gr 10 Up—It's a summer of love for Kid and Scout, two runaway teenagers living in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. Complicating their romance, Kid is wanted for questioning about a tragic warehouse fire that happened just before the summer began. As the season draws to a close and Kid finally decides to work toward proving his/her innocence, he/she worries about losing Scout before leaving Brooklyn...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2011
Like Ponyboy and the gang in The Outsiders (rev. 8/67), the street kids in Brezenoff's Greenpoint, Brooklyn, become an alternate family for one another. Kid's first-person narrative also shares Ponyboy's sensitive voice and sensual descriptions of beautiful boys and girls, though in this new novel, sexuality and gender lines are often blurred or simpl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Tossed out by a narrow-minded father, sensitive narrator Kid finds an alternate family with the street kids of Greenpoint, Brooklyn...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
