Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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. Now, 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.

Jewell Parker Rhodes is an award-winning fiction and nonfiction author whose works include Voodoo Dreams, Season (previously titled Voodoo Season), Yellow Moon (formerly titled Yellow Moon), Magic City, Douglass' Women, Free Inside Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Writers, and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction. Virginia G. Piper Professor in Creative Writing and artistic director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for the Arts Arizona State University's Piper Center for Creative Writing She is a resident of Scottsdale, Arizona.

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ISBN 13	9781432890018
ISBN 10	1432890018
Title	Paradise on Fire
Author	Jewell Parker Rhodes
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Thorndike Striving Reader
Year published	2021-11-17
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.