| Description |
283 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"So, I said, many times I said that, don't touch this lighter or I will kill you. I think because I am a girl people thought I didn't mean it. How to Set a Fire and Why is a startling, subversive novel about a girl who has lost everything and will burn anything. Lucia is angry. She follows the one rule: Don't Do Things You Aren't Proud Of. Orphaned and living in poverty with her elderly aunt, she makes her way through the world with a book, a Zippo lighter, and a pocket full of stolen licorice. When she discovers a secret Arson Club, she will do anything to be a part of it. Her own anarchist manifesto is a triumph of wit and intelligence. Lucia's voice is a tour de force: a cry from the heart of a super-smart, funny girl who can't help telling us the truth. A riveting chronicle of family, misguided friendship, and loss -- the pyrotechnics on display will dazzle."--Back cover |
| Notes |
"Jesse Ball, author of A cure for suicide"--Cover |
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"First published by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House LLC, New York, 2016."--Colophon |
| Subject |
Families.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
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Teenage girls -- Fiction.
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Pyromania -- Fiction.
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Arson -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Reading nook.
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Novels.
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| ISBN |
9781925355475 |
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1925355470 |
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