Wildfire: A Novel

By: Rodman Philbrick

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

The smell of smoke.

A layer of stinky fog dims the sky. Except along the horizon, which is suddenly flickering orange above the treetops.

Wildfire, moving fast.

Heading in our direction.

Birds, deer, squirrels, and raccoons explode from the surrounding forest, racing to stay ahead of the flames. The message couldn’t be clearer. Run. If you want to live, run.

Rodman Philbrick pulls listeners through a nightmare that has become much too real in the US. In 2017-2018, wildfires broke out in all 50 states. During the 2018 California Camp Fire, CNN reported that at its fastest, flames “spread at more than a football field a second, or around 80 football fields per minute.”

Wildfire. Will it be fact or fiction in your own life some day? For now, join Sam and his friend, Delphy, as they face dangers that have shaken the lives of so many people across our world - with no end in sight.

©2019 Rodman Philbrick (P)2019 Scholastic Inc.

It is a good book

I did this book for a report for 5/6 th grade, and this
Book was very good

Amazing!

Although this took me two days to read, great book. loved the storyline and learned more stuff about wildfires at the end.

WILDFIRE IS A GREAT STORY!!!

This book gives you the chills sometimes and it feels so real when you’re next to a window in the dark Alexa reading it to you. Everyone that reads this get this book!!!

Wildfire (from a 5th grader)

I loved this book more than any REAL book I’ve ever read keep up the good work it was good all the way through all though I do want to hear more of delfeys story

Such a great story

It made me tear up, was gripping, entertaining, and very informative. Young or old will enjoy this one. My 10 year old daughter begged me to read this one and I’m so glad I grabbed it in audio!