Fire in the Hills
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · October 16, 2008
It?s been two years since fifteen-year-old Roberto was kidnapped and forced to work in a German labor camp.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow one teenager’s dangerous path through wartime Italy, where the road home runs through the resistance.
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories for Teens, War & Military YA, YA Survival Stories
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, October 16, 2008
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It?s been two years since fifteen-year-old Roberto was kidnapped and forced to work in a German labor camp. After finally escaping, he?s made his way back to Italy. Roberto is desperate to return to the safety of his family, but how can he turn his back on the war while so many people are suffering? Roberto joins the resistance movement, and smuggles guns and secret information to rebel fighters.
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Every mission takes him closer to home, but every mission is even more dangerous than the last. Will Roberto survive and make his way home?
Home Through Danger
Follow one teenager’s dangerous path through wartime Italy, where the road home runs through the resistance.
Come here for
- A wartime story shaped by escape, danger, and hard choices
- A young survivor’s risky work with the resistance
Expect
- Urgency as each mission grows more perilous
- A sustained narrative balancing the pull of home with others’ suffering
Where it sits
| Holocaust Stories for Teens | 75% |
|---|---|
| YA Survival Stories | 73% |
| War & Military YA | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Survival Stories
- Holocaust Stories for Teens
- War & Military YA
- Authors
- Donna Jo Napoli
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- October 16, 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Survival Stories