Popular Canadian Author, Gordon Korman, who is also the author of the Bruno and Boots Series, has written a new book- Son of the Mob. It was published in 2002 by Hyperion books. The setting of the book is in New York City, where seventeen-year-old Vince Luca begins dating the daughter of a FBI agent, Kendra Bightly. It just happens that Vince's father also has a strange job, a `vending machine fixer' as they call it. Actually, Anthony Luca is the head of organized crime in New York City. Coincidentally, Kendra's father is Agent Bite-Me, the one trying to put the Luca's behind bars. Though the parents hate each other, Kendra and Vince get along fine. This is a modern comical version of Romeo and Juliet, except nobody dies.

The main characters of the story are Vincent Luca, Kendra Bightly, Ray Francione, Tommy Luca, Jimmy, Ed, Anthony "Honest Abe...