How to set a fire and why
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9781101870570
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| Grouping Title | how to set a fire and why |
| Grouping Author | jesse ball |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-25 17:07:18PM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-05-05 03:19:07AM |
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Ball, Jesse, 1978-
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"How to Set a Fire and Why is a blistering, singular, devastating novel by Jesse Ball ("A young genius who hits all of the right notes." --Chicago Tribune) about a teenage girl who has lost everything and will burn anything. Lucia has been kicked out of school, again, this time for stabbing a boy in the neck with a pencil. Her father is dead; her mother is in a mental institute; and she's living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aunt. Making her way through the world with only a book, a Zippo lighter, and a pocket full of stolen licorice, Lucia spends her days riding the bus to visit her mother in The Home, avoiding the landlord who hates her, and following the only rule that makes any sense: Don't Do Things You Aren't Proud Of. When Lucia starts at Whistler High it seems no different from the schools that came before: girls play field hockey, chasing the ball like dogs, the school psychologist has beanbag chairs in her office, and detention means sitting silently surrounded by stupid people ("I am a veteran of detention"). But when Lucia discovers a secret Arson Club, she will do anything to be a part of it. With a biting wit and striking intelligence that she can't fully hide, Lucia animates her small-town life: the parties at an abandoned water park, visits to the 24-hour donut shop where her friend Lana's cousin works, the little island in the middle of a medical park where kids go to drink. As Lucia's fascination with the Arson Club grows, her chronicle becomes a riveting story of family, loss, misguided friendship, and destruction"--
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9781101870570
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2016
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Pantheon Books
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Arson -- Fiction
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Pyromania -- Fiction
Teenage girls -- Fiction
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Pyromania -- Fiction
Teenage girls -- Fiction
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How to set a fire and why
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How to set a fire and why / Jesse Ball
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How to set a fire and why
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Dysfunctional families
Pyromania
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