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How to Set a Fire and Why

How to Set a Fire and Why

Ball, Jesse

Paperback

Series: Vintage Contemporaries

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1101911751
ISBN13: 9781101911754
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Jun 13 2017
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Ball has created a voice that echoes the beloved narrators of J. D. Salinger and John Green. . . . With her tragic past, brilliant mind and subversive potential, Lucia could be thought of as a young Lisbeth Salander, or a high-IQ, antiheroic Katniss Everdeen, but with a better sense of humor. --Newsday

Lucia Stanton's father is dead, her mother is in a mental hospital, and she's recently been kicked out of school--again. Living with her aunt in a garage-turned-bedroom, and armed with only a book, a Zippo lighter, and a pocketful of stolen licorice, she spends her days riding the bus to visit her mom and following the only rule that makes any sense: Don't do things you aren't proud of.

When Lucia discovers that her school has a secret Arson Club, her life is suddenly lit up; she'll do anything to join. Edgy, raw, and hilarious, How to Set a Fire and Why is a thrilling story about growing up the hard way.

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