A tender and haunting thriller from the highly acclaimed author of Ten Mile River and Stay With Me.

When Nicole Castro, the most popular girl at her high school, has her face splashed with acid, her classmate, loner and brilliant hacker, Jay Nazarro, does more than just gawk at her. He decides to find out who did it.

The deeper he digs, though, the more he falls for Nicole...and the more danger he's in. Everyone is a suspect, even Nicole herself, and whoever did it seems ready to strike again.?

Burning Blue is a high-stakes, soulful mystery that explores just how far love, or the other side of love, will take us.

Paul Griffin works as a teacher with at-risk teenagers. Text has published Ten Mile River, Paul's stunning debut novel about survival and friendship, and Stay With Me, a powerful love story that was named a Best Book of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews and the School Library Journal. Paul lives in New York with his wife and his dogs.

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'His lonely, vulnerable characters, including the parents are totally convincing and the mystery and excitement of the hacking kept me turning the pages.' Choices for English, AATE