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Title: |
The Firebug of Balrog County |
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| By (author): |
David Oppegaard |
| ISBN10-13: |
073874543X : 9780738745435 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Weight: |
.318 Kg. |
| Published: |
Flux - September 2015 |
| List Price: |
12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Out of Print
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| Subjects: |
General fiction (Children's / Teenage) |
| A firebug has woken inside my heart. Dark times have fallen on remote Balrog County, and Mack Druneswald, a high school senior with a love of arson, is doing his best to deal. While his family is haunted by his motherā s recent death, Mack spends his nights roaming the countryside, looking for something new to burn. When he encounters Katrina, a college girl with her own baggage, Mack sets out on a path of pyromania the likes of which sleepy Balrog County has never seen before. A darkly comic tour-de-force, The Firebug of Balrog County is about legend, small towns, and the fire that binds. |
| Reviews: |
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"Take one angry 18-year-old, sprinkle with zingy narrative, and add a match." --Kirkus Reviews
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"Beautifully written and full of honest characters ... This book is a winner." --VOYA
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"In this biting coming-of-age novel ... Oppegaard doesn't offer an easy solution to Mack's problems, instead opting for a realistic and sensitive resolution that leaves on a hopeful note." --Booklist
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"A great read." --School Library Connection
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"Spectacular--and satisfying." --St. Paul Pioneer Press
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"This darkly comic coming-of-age story with tremendously likable characters also packs a serious emotional punch." --StarTribune
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"David Oppegaard's The Firebug of Balrog County kept me up all night. I liked Mack, the firebug, so much, I wanted to save him myself. I wanted to climb in the story and call the cops." --Geoff Herbach, author of Stupid Fast
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