Fire on the Wind - Softcover
The summer before Storie's fourteenth birthday, a fierce forest fire rages throughout northwestern Oregon and threatens the logging camp where Storie and her family live
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From the Publisher:
"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
From the Inside Flap:
"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
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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- PublisherDemco Media
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0606113266
- ISBN 13 9780606113267
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages198
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