Language: R (85 swears 23 'f'); Mature Content: PG-13 (High off edibles, nondescript kiss) Violence: PG-13 (mention of cannibalism, bloody unexplained death)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
17yo Charlize is looking for her older brother, 18yo Cisco, who disappeared after infecting 16yo Raquel’s mom at the hospital where she works as a nurse. Cisco played a game that’s an urban myth and it backfired. Charlize, Raquel, and her friend Aaron play the game to find Cisco. Twenty people have disappeared in the last year and no one has been able to get to the bottom of the problem but these three are determined to find and save Cisco so he can give information to help heal Raquel’s mom and stop the spread of infection. The game becomes creepy and brings the corruption of the past to light as the young people learn how residents were manipulated, used, and pushed out of their Bronx homes. These teens have to work together to stop the corruption and save their families.
I enjoyed learning about Bronx history and how it was used in the supernatural aspect of the story. The infection conveys the corruption in the community creatively. I like how Raquel, Aaron, and Charlize work together and how the mystery becomes spooky quickly. The ethnicities include Black, Dominican, White, Mexican American, and Puerto Rican.
LynnDell Watson, Delta HS Librarian
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