Burn down, rise up by Vincent Tirado
From Follett
"When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process"--OCLC.
From the Publisher
The 2023 Pura Belpre 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 Echo Game. The game is rumored to trap people in a sinister world underneath the city, and the rules are based on a particularly dark chapter in New York's past. And if the friends want to save their home and everyone they love, they will have to play the game and destroy the evil at its heart--or die trying.
Recommended by Mr. Collier, Librarian
"This exciting mystery-horror novel follows 15-year-old Raquel and her friends as they try to solve the mystery of why so many teens have been disappearing from their Bronx neighborhood and how it's connected to the mold-like infection that put her mother in a coma. They discover the disappearances are tied to the Echo Game, something they thought was an urban legend, but is terrifyingly real."
"For readers who like a story that weaves action, mystery, and horror around a teenage protagonist who discovers uncomfortable truths about her city's past that haunt her present. The violence and adult language is what you'd expect from a horror novel, and I'd recommend this for mature readers."