When she goes hiking with her co-worker Wyatt, she is both prepared and playing it safe. She survived the house fire that killed her baby brother, but she carries the heavy burden of guilt and grief. Natalia knows first hand just how bad fire can be. The book does a fantastic job of exploring the horrific consequences of fires and the importance of treating it responsibly, without being sanctimonious, and all within the plot of adventure and survival. Sadly, so many of them are deliberately lit or caused by stupidity or carelessness and that is exactly what happens in Playing With Fire. You have only to look to the previous summer or two to see the evidence of their far reaching effects. My thoughtsįires, bush, wild, deliberately lit and with devastating impacts, are a fact of life for many. Hiking in the dark, they must reach the only way out―a foot bridge over a deep canyon―before the fire catches them. With no cell service, few supplies, and no clear way out of the burning forest, a group of strangers will have to become allies if they’re going to survive. For months, her co-worker Wyatt has begged her to come hiking with him, and Natalia finally agrees.īut when a wildfire breaks out, blocking the trail back, a perfect sunny day quickly morphs into a nightmare. Now she is cautious and always plays it safe. Six years ago, she barely survived the house fire that killed her baby brother. Natalia is not the kind of girl who takes risks.
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