Flash Fire (Point) [Import] [Paperback]

Caroline B. Cooney (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Point (June 21, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590139789
• ISBN-13: 978-0590139786
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A page-turner, June 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Flash Fire (Paperback)

Caroline Cooney's "Flash Fire" is a real page turner. I think that anyone who reads this book will be almost guarenteed to enjoy it. Although I think "Emergency Room" is better for the writing style, teachers will find this book easy to use for novel studies. I just had to read this book for a novel study and so many kids read ahead. They were unable to stop reading ahead. Here is a part from the book that I remember: As Hall Press laid in his swimming pool staring up at the orange sky, resembling a basketball, a group of bikers jumped over the hill, the fire right on their heels and disapeared into the canyon. Now, this may not be the exact words but that was the way I enterpreted it. The only thing that you have to keep in mind is to pay close attention to what happens so you don't wind up like a classmate of mine. As we were in reading group, discussing the ending of the book he asked "Did he die??"

If you are pondering the answer to this question, read "Flash Fire". You won't be disapointed! :)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A suspenseful cliff hanger, May 27, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Flash Fire (Paperback)

Flash Fire is definately a 5 star rating! Caroline B. Cooney is an excellent suspenseful author. If you like to read and I mean not stop, this is a book for you. At the end of every section there is a cliff hanger which makes you want to go on! We read this for our natural disaster unit in school. We had to read a section a day, but kids couldn't stop at the end of each section and kept reading. (Each section was about 20-30 pages.) I recomend this to teachers who are looking for a great book for novel studies, and kids who love adventures. This a sad and happy book. You see conflicts from two points of view. You meet a whole bunch of characters, each different in their own way! You learn a lot about California and natural disasters. Read this book to find out if the kids can make it down through the huge Pinch Canyon Fire. Do you think they'll make it down?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flash Fire by Caroline B. Cooney, October 4, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Flash Fire (Hardcover)

Have you ever wanted to know how it is to be in a natural disaster? In Flash Fire, it feels like you're really in the book going through the disaster. Right after another you're just wondering what is going on,in every chapter. You get to like and dislike the people in this book. You can relate to how they feel in this book. It was a great book and I really enjoyed reading it. Flash Fire is the type of book you do not want to put down, and when you have to, you tend to think about it all the time.