The Burning City Author:Ariel Dorfman Heller is delivering messages in Manhattan’s melting-pot of immigrants. Swerving through the city streets on his bike, he’s carrying heartbreak and hope from around the world – and feeling it himself. As Heller reaches his 16th birthday in the long hot summer preceding September 11th, he confronts the timeless perplexities that... more » have left older adults confused since the beginning of time. Unrequited love, state indifference and family dynamics form the background to a fast-paced, moving and unusual novel for teenage and adult readers.« less