Worlds Afire

by Paul B. Janeczko

Book Overview

"Riveting. . . . A memorable historical fiction selection, similar in intensity to Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust and Witness." -- School Library Journal (starred review) One summer afternoon in 1944,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763622354
• ISBN13: 9780763622350
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Worlds Afire

The book Worlds Afire is the best drama book I have ever read but since I'm only 13 I'm sure that there is a lot more better drama books out there I just haven't heard of yet. This book is about "a circus gone bad" as I would say. It is also a true story that is going to haunt my dreams for the rest of my life. That's how good of a picture the book draws for you as you read. As your reading you can just see all the people dying in the torturous flames of the Hartford fire. The book takes place during the circus act of the tigers. The worst thing about the fire is that there is only one escape for all those people to get out of and barely half of them did. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone shape, color or size.