Under Fire
Apr 2025 · Orca Book Publishers
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Key Selling Points
- Siblings Poppy and Jed work together to save the farm animals when a wildfire comes close to their house.
- Explores family dynamics as well as themes of facing fears, survival and teamwork.
- Although Jed is the older brother, he has an intellectual disability and Poppy takes responsibility for him.
- The story follows the gripping journey of the siblings as they flee their home with the farm animals—eight ewes, a sheepdog, a horse, twelve chickens and a bad-tempered donkey.
- Set in the farming area east of Vancouver.
- A relevant story about a wildfire that comes close to homes and farms and the unpredictability and speed at which fires can spread and become more dangerous.
- Gabrielle Prendergast has written seven other hi-lo titles, as well as books in other genres, including the award-winning Zero Repeat Forever, a fast-paced sci-fi fantasy.
- Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.
About the author
Gabrielle Prendergast is the award-winning author of numerous books for children and teens. She won the BC Book Prize for her YA sci-fi novel Zero Repeat Forever and the Westchester Award for her YA novel Audacious. After years of working in social welfare and the music and film industries, Gabrielle began writing books when she became a mother, so she could work from home. She is the author of Aftershock and Flash Flood in the Orca Anchor series. Gabrielle lives in East Vancouver in a permanent state of “under construction.”
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