# Burn Down, Rise Up

**Author:** Vincent Tirado
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**First published:** 2022
**Page count:** 347
**ISBN-13:** `9781728246017`
**ISBN-10:** `1728246016`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/burn-down-rise-up
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

The 2023 Pura Belpré Award-winning young adult novel! Mysterious disappearances. An urban legend rumored to be responsible. And one group of friends determined to save their city at any cost. Stranger Things meets Jordan Peele in this acclaimed novel from an incredible new voice. For over a year, the Bronx has been plagued by sudden disappearances that no one can explain. Sixteen-year-old Raquel does her best to ignore it. After all, the police only look for the white kids. But when her crush Charlize's cousin goes missing, Raquel starts to pay attention—especially when her own mom comes down with a mysterious illness that seems linked to the disappearances. Raquel and Charlize team up to investigate, but they soon discover that everything is tied to a terrifying urban legend called the Ec

## Where this book is assigned

### Pura Belpré Author Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2023 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2023 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2023 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2023 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)

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