Firegirl (by Tony Abbott)

It must be terrible to be burned. The flames licking at your face with brutal tenderness and the overwhelming heat that leaves you screaming for ice. It must be even more terrible that after treatment, no one wants anything to do with you, to be dubbed, "Firegirl". In Tony Abbott's spellbinding book, Firegirl, this is exactly what happens. Seventh grader Tom Bender has almost has the same reaction when burned Jessica Feeney joins his class. She looks ugly and intimidating. All the other students turn against her and in a mass of glaring faces, Tom is the only one brave and kind enough to hold her hand and become her friend. Firegirl was a roller coaster of emotions. I felt compassion towards Jessica, anger at her peers, and annoyance at Tom for not standing up for her. I was broken hearted to see Jessica move to another place before the end of the book but deep down, I knew that was supposed to happen. How else would Tom know more about the world and its realities if Jessica stayed? This book was one of the things that made me realize something, that human beings are weak when it comes to peer pressure. It's so hard to take a stand against what you believe is right when everyone around you is doing otherwise. It's frightening to stand out against the crowd. People shun you and you begin to feel like you're not a member of the world anymore. But in the end, people begin to accept the fact that you don't want to be like everyone else and some might even take a stand with you.

i loved this book when i read it last year.i cried.i reccomned this book to any children 10 and over.this book gives an insperational message.

this is now one of my faviorite books !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT ILOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you should totaly read it is beautiful and sad at the end jessica moves and tom liked her but they will always remember each other. so SAD!!!!!!! =*(

I loved that book. I was probably my favorite book of all time. It is touching, heart-warming, and can teach kids that it doesn't matter what one might look like on the outside, it counts what you're like on the inside. Even if it doesn't look like a good book from the cover to you, just give it a try and I'm sure you'll love it. Everybody I've heard talk about it said it was wonderful! It made me cry at the end, but only because of the words and what the meaning of them are after you read the whole story.

i think its a beautiful story and its a brilliant

this is a really good book everyone will enjoy it!!!!!

I learned that you shouldn't jugde someone by how they look or even how they act. This book is a really good book to read to your self or even to other children. This book has a little bit violence, but other then that I would totally recommend this book.

I find the book very touching! Really there is nothing really for parents to be hesitant about though anyone under 10 might not quite understand it. I find that this book has a really nice message: to not judge a book by its cover (as in to not judge a person by what they look like) I really liked this story

I am 14 years old and even i thought this was a great book! It made me cry and i loved it! The girl in this book has had a hard life which was heart warming sorda. This is my favorite book, better than Twilight!