B A C K   I N   P R I N T !
by Lee Wardlaw

Fiction/ages 9-13/$12.95
Authors Guild backinprint.com
ISBN 0-595-40170-8

An International Reading Association Children’s Choice Book

An American Library Association
Recommended for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

A California Collections Book

Ask your local bookstore to order Corey’s Fire!
Also available at the iuniverse bookstore, the Authors Guild bookstore, amazon and Barnes and Noble. 

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 adds sizzle to an already appealing romance.” - Publisher’s Weekly

To read a review of Corey's Fire by Janet Pederson, Librarian at Cold Spring Elementary, click on: http://csslibraryblog.blogspot.com/

Click here for a Teacher's Guide for Corey's Fire.

Lee Wardlaw says: 

“Corey’s Fire is based on a true story. Several years ago, a brush fire in Santa Barbara destroyed my family’s home, as well as 300 others.  I lost everything – including my cat. Days later, while sifting through the wreckage and ash, I found only two recognizable items:  my old baby spoon and our front door knob!  I kept both as souvenirs of what I call the ‘before time.’

 

“In the aftermath of the fire, I met and talked with dozens of children and young adults whose homes were also lost. I was impressed with their heroic attitude, the ‘fire’ they felt inside to rebuild their lives.  So I wrote Corey’s Fire in their honor – and in honor of my family.”A former elementary school teacher, Lee is the author of more than 20 books for young readers.  She still lives in the Santa Barbara foothills with her husband, son and two cats.

To learn more about Santa Barbara’s Sycamore Fire, the blaze that inspired Lee’s book, visit http://www.sb-outdoors.org/Interpretive/Wildfires/sycamore.php


The blaze, as seen from the Mesa, looking toward the mountains. Special thanks to Meredith Brace, librarian at Laguna Blanca Lower School, for allowing me to scan and use this photo. It was taken by her brother.

We still had a mailbox!



The original cover of Corey's Fire, published in 1990 by Avon/Flare.


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