How to Set a Fire and Why

by Jesse Ball

Book Overview

A teenage girl. A shattering loss. An obsession with a secret arson club. This is the story of a girl who has nothing and will burn anything. ? Lucia's father is dead, her mother is in a mental hospital, and she's living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aunt. And now she's been kicked out of school--again. Making her way through the world with only a book, a zippo lighter, a pocketful of stolen licorice, a biting wit, and the striking intel?ligence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101870575
• ISBN13: 9781101870570
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 7.7"