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A Fire So Wild

by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman

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Language
English
Published
2024
Publisher
Harpercollins
Pages
212
ISBN
9780063305441
As a wildfire creeps towards Berkeley, California, the city's inhabitants are forced to confront the hidden inequities woven into their community. Abigail, a wealthy homeowner, plans a lavish birthday fundraiser at her hillside mansion to support a new affordable housing project, aiming to validate her life's work. Meanwhile, Sunny, a construction worker living in his van, hopes for a chance at one of these new apartments, his future dependent on the success of Abigail's event.

As smoke fills the air and the blaze draws nearer, tensions rise, revealing the disparities between residents - from young climate activists to those grappling with homelessness. The approaching fire lays bare the fragile foundations of lives built in a world on the brink, questioning why, when everything burns, some are left with deeper scars than others.

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