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Paradise on Fire
by Jewell Parker Rhodes

    Publication Date: May 30, 2023
    List Price: $8.99
    Format: Paperback, 272 pages
    Classification: Fiction
    Target Age Group: Middle Grade
    ISBN13: 9780316493857
    Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group
    Parent Company: Lagardère Group

    Description of Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes

    BCALA 2021 Best of the Best Book

    A Cadmus Children’s Fiction Award for the Green Earth Book Award winner

    From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change.

    Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Years later, Addy’s grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. There, Addy joins five other Black city kids—each with their own troubles—to spend a summer out west.

    Deep in the forest the kids learn new (and to them) strange skills: camping, hiking, rock climbing, and how to start and safely put out campfires. Most important, they learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival.

    But then comes a devastating forest fire…

    Addy is face-to-face with her destiny and haunting past. Developing her courage and resiliency against the raging fire, it’s up to Addy to lead her friends to safety. Not all are saved. But remembering her origins and grandmother’s teachings, she’s able to use street smarts, wilderness skills, and her spiritual intuition to survive.



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