Re: [LM_NET] BOOK: Firegirl by Abbott

[Christine Rayl <cjrayl@YAHOO.COM>]

This was one of the titles that had been nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. 
A great story, one that stays with a reader long after the book is closed. Thanks 
for your posting!

Christine Rayl
Bowie Elementary school
Grand Prairie ISD TX


--- On Wed, 7/16/08, Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> From: Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: [LM_NET] BOOK: Firegirl by Abbott
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 5:27 PM
> Abbott, Tony. Firegirl. Little, Brown, 2006
> [0-316-01170-3//978-0-316-01170-9]
> 
> Everything is going well for Tom in seventh grade until the
> new girl shows
> up.  She has been terribly disfigured by burns from a fire
> and is receiving
> treatment at a local hospital.  Everyone at school is
> scared of the new
> girl, making up stories about her accident, and staying
> away from her.  Tom
> develops a kind of standoffish friendship with her while
> still being leery
> of her, not wanting to be around her. Not until the close
> of this 145 page
> book does Tom realize what an impact his minor outreach to
> the girl has on
> her life.  I was hoping that the book didn't end with
> them being the best of
> friends… and it doesn't.  This is a powerful book
> which was recommended to
> me by a student.
> 
> 
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