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After the Fire
by
Becky Citra
Melissa is waiting for the "new life" that her mother Sharlene has promised her since a fire devastated their family. But nothing ever seems to change. Melissa has difficulty making friends at school, they never have enough money and her little brother Cody is a brat. When Sharlene announces that they will be spending the month of August at a remote cabin on a wilderness l...more
Paperback, 186 pages
Published
April 1st 2010
by Orca Book Publishers
(first published 2010)
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Eleven-year-old Melissa lives with her mother, Sharlene, and her four-year-old brother, Cody, in a cramped apartment. Melissa doesn't trust Sharlene, a recovering alcoholic, and is haunted by memories of a terrible fire that destroyed the trailer her family shared with Sharlene's former live-in boyfriend, Darren. When a family friend offers Sharlene a lakeshore cabin to stay in for the summer, Mel...more
Eleven-year-old Melissa lives with her mother, Sharlene, and her four-year-old brother, Cody, in a cramped apartment. Melissa doesn't trust Sharlene, a recovering alcoholic, and is haunted by memories of a terrible fire that destroyed the trailer her family shared with Sharlene's former live-in boyfriend, Darren. When a family friend offers Sharlene a lakeshore cabin to stay in for the summer, Mel...more
Melissa is still adjusting to life after the fire with her mother Sharlene and her younger brother Cody. Then Sharlene announces they were going to spend the summer at her friend Jill's cabin, though Melissa wanted to go to art camp, and Melissa is disappointed. Melissa meets a girl named Alice while canoeing and they instantly became best friends. Alice, according to Melissa, has the perfect life, but throughout the book Melissa finds out there is more to Alice than she thinks.
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4.5 stars. Recommended for gr. 6-9. Melissa's mother is trying to straighten out her life and family two years after a fire linked to substance abuse destroyed the family trailer and injured Melissa's hand. Melissa is skeptical about the changes, as she has been the one raising her younger brother when mom was absent. They are offered a chance at spending a month at a remote lake cabin. Melissa meets a new friend there who has what seems to be the perfect family life. But things aren't always wh...more
I hadn't heard anything about this book before picking it up at a bookstore a few days ago. I was looking for a quick read, but wanted something with some depth. Going into a book blind can backfire, but I was pleasantly surprised by Becky Citra's After the Fire. The characters were all super compelling and this is just a really well paced, poignant story. Don't you just love it when things work out like that?
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Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
When Melissa's mother tells her they will be moving, it doesn't come as a big surprise. They've never stayed anywhere very long, so she figured it was just a matter of time. The surprise is that they are moving to a larger apartment, but first they will be vacationing at a cabin on a lake.
It all sounds exciting, but Melissa had her heart set on going to a summer art camp she heard about at school. What will it be like at some lonely...more
When Melissa's mother tells her they will be moving, it doesn't come as a big surprise. They've never stayed anywhere very long, so she figured it was just a matter of time. The surprise is that they are moving to a larger apartment, but first they will be vacationing at a cabin on a lake.
It all sounds exciting, but Melissa had her heart set on going to a summer art camp she heard about at school. What will it be like at some lonely...more
Well written - about Melissa and her little brother who grew up with very little consideration from their alcoholic/absent single mom until a terrible fire put the family on a different course. When the three of them spend a month in a remote cabin, Melissa is given the chance to re-examine the mother/daughter relationship and, with the help of a strange secretive girl, put her life into perspective.
Fire is a symbol for change and has two meanings in this book. It is a simple story of the growth of two families through tragic events.
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