Jazz Dent, who has been shot and left to die in New York City, his girlfriend, Connie, who is in the clutches of Jazz's serial killer father, Billy, and his best friend, Howie, who is bleeding to death on the floor of Jazz's own home in tiny Lobo's Nod, must all rise above the horrors their lives have become and find a way to come together in pursuit of Billy. Interest Level: YA ATOS Book Level: 5.4 AR Interest Level: UG AR Points: 16 AR Quiz: 170673EN Reading Counts Level: 5.5 Reading Counts Points: 24 Lexile Measure: 730 Lexile Code: HL (High-Low). Teaching Books: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=42387.