Fire

by Caroline B. Cooney

Book Overview

Christina tries to prove to her town that she is neither evil nor obsessed with fire. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590416413
• ISBN13: 9780590416412
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

losing christina: a truly amazing trilogy

In the Losing Christina trilogy the Shevvingtons are evil people who find innocent island girls and turn them crazy. In turn they find a way to blame the girls, and their upbringings on their mental breakdown. The Shevvingtons keep files of the girls they have made mentally unstable. In the Inn the own they have 7 rooms 1 for each of the girls they have turned crazy. Each room reflects the girls personality. This trilogy is titled Losing Christina because in the enitre trilogy the Shevvingtons are working on getting Christina. First Anya, the pride of Burning Fog. then Dolly, sweet, innocent Dolly.Now its Christina. But Christina is srtong. She will not let them take her. In this trilogy Christina is different then the other victims, she knows what is going on. While it does take a while read three 200 page books it is well worth it. If you really get into the books you will not think of it as a long, boring book. But as an adveture. This book is guaranteed to take you on an emotional rollercoaster ride. You will learn to deeply care for the characters, and how they will get away from the Shevvingtons. I do however recommend that you read all three books, and not just the last one, Otherwise you will be very confused, and most likley will not like it.

The story of modern triumph over evil

Losing Christina: The Fire is the reissue of Caroline B. Cooney's original book The Fire. Why they decided to retitle the three books I have no idea, but the pages are set up just like they were in the original versions, so really the covers just look a little more slick. The Losing Christina trilogy details a year in the life of thirteen-year-old Christina Romney from Burning Fog Isle, who moves onto the mainland of a small town in Maine so that she can continue secondary school. She and three other students board with the Shevvingtons, the school principal and his wife, who delight in destroying the souls of young women. Christina has no choice but to fight the Shevvingtons, which isn't easy when she has no friends and her parents believe the Shevvingtons, not her.The Fire, as well as its counterparts Fog and Snow, is a chilling story because it presents a child's worst nightmare: for adults to ignore you when you're telling the truth. The Shevvingtons' evil power lies in the fact that they are the adults in charge whom everyone believes, rather than Christina. Their actions will make your blood boil because it is so easy to see how wrong, and how sick, they are, but it is also easy to understand how the townspeople would believe the polished faces they present.Caroline B. Cooney's gothic horror trilogy is not just about evil, though. Christina experiences all kinds of emotions that most people can relate to: the fear when she has to move away from her family and friends, being nervous about making friends, wanting a boyfriend, facing unfair teachers and assignments. She is a normal, well-drawn thirteen-year-old who unfortunately has to face something that most thirteen-year-olds do not.As the last book in the trilogy, The Fire ends more hopefully than the first two because the Shevvingtons perish in the fire that they claimed Christina set. It's probably my favorite book of the three because it does end somewhat happily. Christina has learned much about evil in her year at school. She says that it is no good to shield children from evil, that "in another town another thirteen-year-old girl might come face to face with evil for the first time. She should know what to do." It is probably one of the most beautiful lines in the book, and the most truthful.

A Little Danger and Mystery

A Review by LauraA girl named Christina who lives in Maine and is staying with Mr. And Mrs. Shevvington at Schooner Inn for the school year. The Shevvingtons seem really nice but Christina soon finds out that they aren't nice at all. They try to destroy the lives of teenagers that stay at schooner inn. This book is very interesting; it had a good story line and way of hiding certain characters real identity. I like the way they expressed Christina's feelings toward other characters. I like that Christina is really strong and doesn't let the shevvingtons get her down or anyone else. Christina didn't really have anyone to turn to when the shevvingtons were trying to "take her down" because all the adults were on the shevvingtons side and some of the kids also. I thought this book was kind of inspiring, because Christina didn't care about what the other kids or adults thought about her. For a while Christina did fall into the shevvingtons plot against her, but she was really strong and didn't let them get to her.I would recommend this book to people who like to read books with a little danger and mystery. It is easy to fallow and very interesting.

this book was great!!!

This book was the last in a series of 3 books: "The Fog" "The Snow" then this one. This book is one of Caroline's best! unlike "The Face On the Milk Carton" this one is suspensiveful. It is scary too which I like. Even though I'm not a big fan of most Caroline B Cooney books I loved this one!!!

Thrilling!

"The Fire" was a wonderful book for mystery and horror lovers everywhere! The way Caroline B. Cooney explains how the Shevingtons have a love for destroying lives, makes you stop and think, "What kind of people would find joy in making others suffer so badly?" I also found the whole book suspenseful and thrilling. The way Caroline explained Christina's obsession over fire was very vivid. I felt as if I was Christina and I was the one going insane. This is an excellent book and I recommend it to everyone who likes a good thrill!