title: Brooklyn, Burning
author: Brezenoff, Steve
description: 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 a fearless and unconventional love story. Brezenoff never identifies the gender of his two main characters, and readers will draw their own conclusions about Kid and Scout. Whatever they decide,
  Brooklyn, Burning
  is not a book any teen reader will soon forget.
  
  Brooklyn, Burning
  is the story of two summers in Brooklyn, two summers of fires, music, loss, and ultimately, love.