Abstract

Reviewed by: Cold Fury Elizabeth Bush Goeglein, T. M. Cold Fury. Putnam, 2012. [320p]. ISBN 978-0-399-25720-9 $17.99 Reviewed from galleys R Gr. 7-10. Sara Jane Rispoli is about to have her naïve faith in her family ripped right out from under her. She begins to suspect something is amiss when her beloved uncle Buddy starts acting belligerently towards her father, and when, at her grandfather's funeral, a cluster of dark-suited men all need to have a private word with Dad. All doubt is gone when she arrives home one evening to find the place tossed, her parents and brother gone, a cryptic video left behind, and a bogus policewoman hot on her tail. Sara Jane gets a short breather while hiding out with her boxing mentor, but if she's to find her family, she has to actively pursue a trail of clues that lead her to a hidden room beneath the family bakery and a black book that contains the real family secret—instructions on how to run daily operations of the Chicago mob. The chase is on, as Sara Jane careens through the underside of the city, popping through "Capone doors" in historic buildings, diving into temporary safe houses, and closing in on her family's captors, all while learning about her own odd inherited ability to muster and direct her anger to manipulate her adversaries. Teens who think all the really butt-kickin' literary heroines currently hang out on the fantasy shelves have not met Sara Jane Rispoli. By the end of this first adventure, she's up to her neck in her family's line of mob politics and there's no turning back—and that will suit her newly won fans just fine. [End Page 18] Copyright © 2012 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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