Paradise on Fire

Jewell Parker Rhodes

From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age survival tale set during a devastating wild fire.

Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Now years later Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness programme. 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 furious forest fire ...

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

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