Title from Playaway label.

"HDAUDIO."

Release date supplied by publisher.

Previously released by Random House, Inc.

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.

It's December in Boston, and Spencer is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he's confronted in his office by a boy named Slide. Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization named Street Business, which gives shelter and seeks job opportunities for the homeless and lost. Slide's mentor, Jackie Alvarez, is being threatened and Street Business is in danger of losing its tenuous foothold in the community, turning Slide and many others liek him back on the street. But it's not a simple case of intimidation -- Spencer, aided by Hawk, finds a trail that leads to dangerous drug kingpin, whose hold on the at-risk community that Street Business serves threatens not just the boys' safety and security, but their lives as well.