I loved Fire Color One." -Daniel Wallace, critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Big Fish The book moves swiftly, alternating between comedy and sadness, sometimes in the same paragraph. "It’s not often-in fact, it has never happened to me even once-that I fall so hard for a young arsonist. But there may be hidden beauty in Iris’s uncertain past and hopeful future, if only she can see beyond the flames. Forced to live with him as part of an exploitive scheme, Iris quickly realizes her father is far different from the man she’s been schooled to hate, and everything she thought she knew-about her father and herself-is suddenly unclear. Iris’s father is dying, and her self-interested mother is determined to claim his life’s fortune, including his priceless art collection. Soon Iris finds herself in the English countryside, where her millionaire father-a man she’s never met-lives. At least, that’s the story her mother tells. But when she’s caught setting one too many fires, she’s dragged away to London before she can get arrested. Sixteen-year-old Iris itches constantly for the strike of a match. A finalist for the prestigious Carnegie Medal, this novel is a stunning tribute to fathers and daughters, and to the unique power of art to connect and change us.
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