Content: G (some danger)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
12yo Opal has lived with her Gran and her mom in a firetower in the Gila National Forest of New Mexico all of her life - she is the fourth generation of female firewatchers in her family. But four years ago all three women almost died when a wildfire swept to the tower and since that day, Opal has been hiding her fear of fire. Then Mom is stuck in town after rain washes out the trail when she is in town loading up on supplies. Then Gran is missing. Then Opal spots that tell-tale wisp of smoke. Opal has only herself to rely on and she must get close to the fire in order to contain it until the firejumpers can arrive to help.
I am so disappointed that Opal only rates a novel in verse. No literary devices used here. But the story is swift and interesting. Opal is white.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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