Paradise on Fire

From the bestselling author of Ghost Boys comes a powerful survival tale set during a furious forest fire, exploring issues of race, class, and climate change. Hatchet for a new generation of 9+ young readers.

About the author

Jewell Parker Rhodes grew up in Pennsylvania. She is a best-selling author of adult and children's books, a Coretta Scott King Honour award-winner, and a professor of creative writing at Arizona State University. She currently lives in Seattle.

Summary

From the bestselling author of Ghost Boys comes a powerful survival tale set during a furious forest fire, exploring issues of race, class, and climate change. Hatchet for a new generation of 9+ young readers.

Foreword

From the bestselling author of Ghost Boys comes a powerful survival tale set during a furious forest fire, exploring issues of race, class, and climate change. Hatchet for a new generation of 9+ young readers.

Additional text

Lyrical in tone, the first-person narration brings home Addy's love of nature as well as her urgency to protect it ... Rhodes's contribution brings desperately needed diversity to the wilderness/adventure genre

Product details

• Authors: Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Publisher: Orion Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.09.2021
• EAN: 9781510109858
• ISBN: 978-1-5101-0985-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Black Stories Matter
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 8 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales)