This book starts off slowly with Tom, a seventh-grade boy, daydreaming about his favorite sport car and imagined adventures of him rescuing a pretty classmate and plain old everyday thoughts. But then one day, Jessica - a new girl - shows up. Jessica was disfigured by a childhood fire. Everyone is horrified and no one knows how to relate to her. So Jessica is isolated and people gossip behind her back. Tom, however, has the courage to be Jessica's friend.
Fire Girl is a story of change and acceptance. The mood of the book is like a roller coaster - up and down all the times. There is nothing that lasts forever in this book. Jessica doesn't heal up, Tom doesn't transform into a hero and all the students in the class don't learn how to accept Jessica. Instead, it is about individual struggle between what you know is right and wrong. It is not long. Everyone can read and understand it easily.
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