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Philbrick, Rodman

Wildfire

206 pp. | Scholastic/Blue Sky | September, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-338-26690-0 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-338-26691-7
(2) 4-6 Setting this tale in the present, Philbrick (Who Killed Darius Drake?) roots his survival story in details of Maine's Great Fire of 1947. When a wall of fire prevents twelve-year-old Sam and another camper from evacuating Camp Wabanaski, they go on the run, desperately seeking safety. Sam's brisk first-person narrative folds in his father's death in Afghanistan and his mother's opioid addiction. Back matter includes extensive wildfire information and survival tips.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2019

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