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A Maine teenager fights to escape the clutches of her evil guardians once and for all in the thrilling conclusion of this spooky trilogy.

In just eighteen days the semester will be over, freeing Christina and her friends from the terrible Schooner Inne and the Shevvingtons, their creepy hosts during the school year. They'll leave the mainland for the safety of Burning Fog Isle for the summer—and since the Shevvingtons may be moving out of town next year, the island kids could be free of show more them forever.

But then Christina begins sleepwalking, and doing odd things like leaving lit candles around the house, carrying around pockets full of matches, and doodling flames into her textbooks—or so claim the Shevvingtons. Can Christina survive their insane tricks until the school year ends? Or will they use all eighteen days to make Christina's life a living—and fiery—hell?

No matter how hard you try, there's no escaping this addictive thriller from the bestselling author of The Face on the Milk Carton.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.


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This Gothic horror trilogy is not just about evil. 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 new friends...wanting a boyfriend... facing teachers and assignments. She is just a normal thirteen-year-old who unfortunately has to face something that most people of any age do not. This is the last book in the trilogy and it ends with more hope than the first two. Christina has grown and learned much more about evil. The story revolves around her getting involved in a terrifying psychological mind game with the two malicious Shevvingtons....who are supposed to protect her. The trilogy is really Young Adult material show more but it's an easy, quick read with some really different characters. show less
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The last book in the trilogy. It wraps up nicely (if a little conveniently). I never felt that this series was repetitive, even though I could certainly see others thinking that they are. Christina continues to be strong and willful. All of the adults continue to be blind to the truth or evil. Overall, I think this series holds up to a modern reading and I can definitely understand why teenaged me was obsessed with it.
This is one of the strangest books I have ever read. At times I felt like it was written by a child. Parts of the story didn't really make sense, and the whole book was totally unreal. It did, however, hold my interest. I didn't really like the story...but it was interesting.
Old Children's Book. Liked it as a kid, but haven't read it in years.

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Caroline Cooney was born in 1947 in Geneva, New York. She studied music, art, and English at various colleges, but never graduated. She began writing while in college. Her young adult books include The Face on the Milk Carton, Whatever Happened to Janie?, The Voice on the Radio, What Janie Found, No Such Person, and the Cheerleaders Series. She show more received an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults for Driver's Ed and an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers for Twenty Pageants Later. Two of her titles, The Rear View Mirror and The Face on the Milk Cartoon, were made into television movies. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Fire
Original publication date
1990

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Fiction and Literature, Teen, Young Adult, Horror
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PZ7 .C384Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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