Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick
If you enjoy an survival story with relentless action, this should be the book you choose.
Here’s the summary:
Flames race toward Sam Castine’s summer camp.Suddenly, a flash of heat blasts him as pine trees explode. Now a wall of fire separates Sam from his only chance to evacuate. There’s just one thing to do: Run for his life. Run or die.
Drought has made the forest a tinderbox. How will he survive? Sam struggles to remember survival tricks he learned from his late father. Alone and lost with no chance of rescue, it’s a stroke of luck to find another lost camper – Delphy, a tough older girl with spunk and wit. The pace never slows, and when flames finally surround Sam and Delphy on all sides, there’s no place to turn. But a powerful bond that can only grow out of courage and hardship has been forged -as tow unlikely friends beat all odds and outwit one of the deadliest fires ever.
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