Review: A story about bullying
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2014
Soul Fire by Nancy Allan pulled me in from the first page.  High School Junior Ashla Cameron is captain of the swim team, a straight A student, volunteers at a hydrotherapy center, and is an all-around great girl.  She can do no wrong. That is until she makes the biggest mistake of her life.  Ashla’s life changes forever when she collides with high school hockey star Justin Ledger at the bottom of a ski ramp leaving him with 2 severely broken legs.This story is told from the perspective of each of the main characters at various points.  The switch between characters helped to how the bullying that it addressed impacted everyone around it.  This story drew me in with the range of emotions it provoked in me.  It made me smile, laugh and cry.  Soul Fire addresses a topic that is rampant in our schools today, and does so in a very engaging way.  This would make a great story for adult and teen readers alike.  I would even recommend it as a book for teachers to use in their classrooms.  Well done Nancy Allan.