![]() ![]() Tom is nothing special, just a good kid trying to do his best. ![]() ![]() What happens is inside him, and that's what author Tony Abbott delicately chronicles. If you look at it, nothing much happened." In terms of physical events, or plot, he's right. It's a story in which, as Tom himself says as narrator, "It wasn't much, really, the whole Jessica Feeney thing. It's about Tom, and how he tries to deal with her presence in his class and neighborhood, and how doing so changes everything in his life. Though the title is FIREGIRL, this poignant little book isn't about Jessica, the disfigured burn victim. If effort toward becoming a better person, coupled with introspective self-examination and criticism, are the hallmarks of adulthood, then this gentle, touching novel is a true coming-of-age story. ![]()
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