By Malia Maunakea
New York: Penguin Workshop, 2023. Fiction. 298 pgs.
Twelve-year-old Anna must dig deep into her Hawaiian roots in order to save her best friend and her island from an angry fire goddess.
By Deborah Hopkinson
New York: Scholastic Focus, 2022. Informational. 216 pgs.
Through the eyes of scientists, witnesses, and survivors of terrible fires alike, Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings the horrific history of deadly fires to life, tracing a line from the Peshtigo and Great Chicago fires of 1871 to the wildfires raging in the western United States today.
Written by Pippa Goodhart
Illustrated by Philip Hurst
New York: Crabtree Pub., 2006. Intermediate.
While London burns in 1666, John's cat Sammy disappears, and while he searches for the cat, John follows his friend Mr. Pepys's advice and writes in a journal about what he observes.
By Joanna Cooke
Illustrated by Cornelia Li and Diāna Renžina
Yosemite National Park, CA: Yosemite Conservancy, 2023. Informational.
This nonfiction picture book presents Earth's long history with fire, and how humans, plants, and animals have adapted to this element as an integral part of their existence.
By Jim Murphy
New York: Scholastic, 1995. Informational. 144 pgs.
The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. Overnight, the flourishing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again. By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting narrative that recreates the event with drama and immediacy. And finally, he reveals how, even in a time of deepest despair, the human spirit triumphed, as the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to build their city once again
By Linda Ashman
Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
New York: Astra Young Readers, 2022. Picture book.
What's a day in the life of a small-town fire department like? In this action-packed adventure, Fire Chief Fran leads her fire-fighters through everything from inspections and drills to dangerous blazes. If a puppy is in danger or a café is ablaze, Fran and her crew are ready to help! When the lights flash and the bells blast, these firefighters leap into action; they need to move fast. With energy and grit, compassion and calm, they help their community in many ways every day.
By Iain Lawrence
New York: Margaret Ferguson Books, 2022. Fiction. 245 pgs.
Eleven-year-old Virgil Pepper is returning to Little Lost Lake in Oregon with his older brother and sister to scatter their mother's ashes in the place she loved best, but when their van breaks down in the middle nowhere, it is up to Virgil, who shared his mother's love of science and the wild, to remember and use all the lessons she taught him to survive a forest fire started by a lightning strike.
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