Fire on the Wind - Hardcover

Crew, Linda

3.89

57 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385321856 ISBN 13: 9780385321853

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1995

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Estoria, known as Story, is 13 and living in a logging camp in the Oregon forest with her family when the great fire of 1933 breaks out. Crew creates a sweeping panoramic view of the fire's terrifying impact on the Northwest, while also telling a suspenseful and satisfying tale of young love and family survival.

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"Crew has a keen eye for the small details that make a character live and breathe. The dialogue is peppered with colorful logging language....Storie, her family, and neighbors jump off the page to tell their tale, and what a story it is."
-- Kirkus Reviews, Pointer

"A gripping, well-researched story."
-- Publishers Weekly, Starred

"Crew's novel is first-rate historical fiction...an engaging tale of a strong girl's maturing, a family's struggle for survival against big odds, and family loyalty and love, with a thrilling climax..."
-- Booklist

"The novel is well written with sound character development, authentic dialogue, and just plain good storytelling."
-- The Horn Book Magazine

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8?Historical fiction based on the Tillamook forest fire of 1933 in Oregon. It's an enlightening, quick read that infuses an interesting coming-of-age subplot into a larger tale of disaster and heroism. Thirteen-year-old Estora (Storie) is beginning to get loose from her logger father's control. She is innocent, just beginning to recognize the winks and knowing glances that pass among the adults, hinting at things unspoken and unexplained. The novel personalizes the devastation of this huge fire and without too much didacticism elucidates some of the conflicts inherent in an occupation like logging, whose unbridled pursuit threatens its own existence. Short vignettes occasionally show how others outside the Blue Star logging camp react to the fire, but the main focus is on Storie and her family, who find their lives forever altered. Storie's maturation moves forward as inexorably as the flames, though with considerably less destruction. Themes concerning the social and physical dominance of men and the strict division between men and women's roles are touched upon, as is the difficulty Storie has breaking free enough of her dad to comtemplate following her own path, maybe even to college. The book concludes with a flash forward to 1994 with Gramma Storie answering her granddaughter's questions, bringing the satisfying tale full circle.?Joel Shoemaker, Southeast Jr. High School, Iowa City, IA
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