Evacuation Order
By (Author) Jane Mason
Scholastic Australia
Scholastic Inc
1st April 2024
Australia
Children
Fiction
Paperback
176
Width 133mm, Height 194mm, Spine 11mm
Twelve-year-old Sam lives alone with his mum and their dog in the idyllic seaside town of Santa Bonita. His father died when Sam was young, but his best friend, Marco, has been helping re-create his dads old photos as part of a memorial project. One particularly warm October day, however, Sam smells something faint from far away. Its the scent of smoke. An unexpected Southern California wildfire is whipping ferociously toward town. Sam, Marco, and the whole neighbourhood must urgently evacuate with little warning. Sam is distraught. If his house burns, all his memories of his father will go with it. Even worse, Sams dog disappears during the emergency, sending the boy into a panic. When he should be leaving the city with Marco and his family, Sam instead turns back, a decision that will plunge him right into the path of a deadly fire.