Copyright Date:
2022
Edition Date:
2022
Release Date:
11/01/22
Pages:
237 pages
ISBN:
1-338-77602-9
ISBN 13:
978-1-338-77602-7
Dewey:
Fic
Dimensions:
22 cm
Language:
English
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly
(Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
After a fire destroys 12-year-old Maia’s home and severely burns her sister, Amelia, Maia is sent to stay for the summer with her grandparents in rural Minnesota. While she’s there, her parents will focus on Amelia’s recovery and rebuilding their home. In addition to the slew of fears Maia carries, including of heights and swimming, she harbors a secret: she believes she started the fire. Initially feeling jilted about being sent away, Maia spends her days with her grandfather, who volunteers at the Forest Service keeping an eye out for fires in an old watch tower. As Maia and her grandfather grow closer, she begins to overcome her hesitance around climbing to the tower’s lookout. She also strikes up a friendship with nine-year-old Griffin, a Bear Scout keen on earning all his badges; she agrees to help with this accomplishment in exchange for his joining her swimming lessons. Maia’s emotional vulnerabilities, pursuit of overcoming her fears, and struggle to manage her guilt over her sister’s injuries are sensitively wrought. Soderburg Downing (the Great Peach Experiment series) meaningfully explores the healing power of nature and the beauty of connecting with family in this vibrantly detailed adventure. Ages 8–12. Agent: Michael Bourret, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. (Nov.)
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Publishers Weekly
(Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
From acclaimed middle-grade and chapter-book author, Erin Soderberg Downing, Controlled Burn is a story that blends family, friendship, fire, and the rocky path toward healing our deepest fears.
Twelve-year-old Maias parents say shes lucky she noticed something as early as she did. Lucky to have smelled the smoke, lucky to have pulled her sister, Amelia, out of their burning house. But is it really lucky when Amelias stuck in the hospital, covered in burns? And is it lucky when Maia knows it was her candle, left unattended, that started the fire in the first place?
When shes sent to spend the summer with her grandparents in Northern Minnesota while her sister heals, Maia discovers that her anxieties and demons are intent on following her wherever she goes...unless she can figure out how to overcome them. But what if she cant? Maia barely knows her grandparents, she desperately misses her sister and home, and shes not thrilled to be spending the summer with Grandpa Howard on his daily motorcycle rides out to the middle of the woods, where he spends all day keeping watch for forest fires. There are no kids her age in Gram and Pops small town at the end of the roadjust the chatty nine-year-old neighbor who is intent on getting his Bear Scout badge at all costs, and a friendly, stray dog whos been lurking around.
But Maia will soon learn that nature is a powerful teacher, and sometimes our greatest strengths show themselves when we have to be there for someone else. As she begins to figure out how to face her guilt and paralyzing fears, shell discover theres a fine line between fear and adventure. And when danger strikes again, Maia must summon all her bravery and overcome her self-doubt if she wants to save those she loves most.
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