DDM votes for Burn Baby Burn to move on to the next round.
Brandy Lee: I like true crime and mystery genres, so I much preferred Burn Baby Burn. Regardless, I didn't like the other book that much. I wasn't drawn in by the main character - I wasn't sure how to feel towards him. He seemed like an earnest kid trying to make friends, but his relationship with the girls was confusing. I didn't know if she was his friend or his enemy. And I wish they would have put more time into developing his relationship with the shut in neighbour. I feel like that was a pivotal event in his life and I don't know much about her.
Renae: I didn't know anything about New York in the 1970s, so reading Burn Baby Burn enlightened me about a moment in history that provided an interesting backdrop to the story. I think this book would work well for grade 9 or high school students. I liked that the main character rose above her circumstances rather than being dragged down by them. It wasn't done in a cheesy way, either. The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones dragged too much for me. I thought the protagonist, at 11 years old, came to some pretty deep realizations about life for such a young person. There were too many aspects of the book that weren't developed well enough to be interesting.
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