This is really smart YA historical fiction! (ie not just "set in the 80s because the author grew up then") Using the Son of Sam serial killer as a story piece is great. (Kids love murder!) Also the women's lib movement in the background with the white and Latina girl BFFs really subtly shows what progress has & hasn't been made in an intersectional way.

But the family dynamics are really what kept me reading. Nora's brother was scarier to me than the Son of Sam. Great for teens looking for a page-turning...I dunno, it's not exactly a thriller...? I DUNNO JUST THROW IT AT FEMINIST TEENS UNTIL THEY READ IT