num_pages: 256
description: A 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. Now years later Addys grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. There Addy joins five other Black city kidseach with their own troublesto 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 its up to Addy to lead her friends to safety.
language: English
title: Paradise on Fire
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers