Corey's Fire

by Lee Wardlaw and Lee Jaffurs

Book Overview

Corey stared in disbelief at the charred wasteland. Everything was gone-destroyed by the firestorm that turned her neighborhood to blackened ash. The loss was devastating-but for Corey, the loneliness was worse. Everyone was too busy trying to put life back together to understand her problems.everyone except the one person she thought was too tough to care about anything.

" Wardlaw's] unflinching realism in describing the fire and its aftermath...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595401708
• ISBN13: 9780595401703
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

Children's Choice Award

Corey's Fire was honored as an International Reading Association Children's Choice Book, as well as an American Library Association Recommended for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Book. -Lee Wardlaw, author

Corey's Fire is

...a pretty good read. It's interesting and keeps you wanting to read. I didn't really like Corey's character though; she was such a baby. But I recommend it anyway. I enjoyed it.

A Great Book For Kids

I first read Corey's Fire when the author Lee Wardlaw came to visit our second grade class. Corey's Fire is a based on an fire from Mrs. Wardlaw's childhood that took her house and the life of her pet cat. Corey the central character in this novel is 13 and loses her house in a brushfie, confused and alone she can only be comfortable with Topher her neighbor who lost his house too, this is a well written book that teaches kids about brushfires and how the aftermath affects it's victems

Return to Life From the Ashes

Santa Barbara's brush fires have a terrible reputation of being wild and severe! This is the story of one of those fires and its impact on a girl and her family. Lee Wardlaw, a Santa Barbaran, lived through the destructive Sycamore fire which occurred in Santa Barbara's Riviera area. As a child, her house and everything in it perished in the dreadful fire. All was lost. In the book Corey's house was lost in the fire. Everything was gone! The loss was devastating and the loneliness especially horrible. This is a wonderful book about friendship, feelings, and compassion. Highly recommended! written by Bob Townsend