Fire (Losing Christina, No.3) - Softcover

Cooney, Caroline B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590416413 ISBN 13: 9780590416412

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2001

Synopsis

The evil Shevvingtons attempt to make Christina and the town believe that Christina is obsessed with fire, and the young woman must fight to save her sanity

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8-- Christina waits out the last few days of school before she can return to her beloved island off the coast of Maine. But first she must outwit the Shevvingtons, who have frightened and manipulated other students while charming adults into looking the other way. Beyond a doubt, Cooney's final novel in her trilogy of terror will be popular with fans of the first two books. However, wooden characterizations of the adults drag these stories down to mediocrity at best. The psycho Mr. and Mrs. Shevvington are not credible, nor is it believable that all the parents blatantly side with them rather than with their children. Teenage readers will not be happy with the dominance of this theme; while YA novels are supposed to speak to their audience, this one does so in a negative, alienating way. --Alice Cronin, Mountainside Public Library, NJ
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0590416413
• ISBN 13: 9780590416412
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208