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2024-2025 Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee 2024-2025 South Carolina Book Award Nominee 2023 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award Winner Twelve-year-old Maia's parents say she's lucky to have smelled the smoke, lucky to have pulled her sister, Amelia, out of their burning house. But is it really ""lucky"" when Amelia's in the hospital? And is it ""lucky"" when Maia knows it was her candle that started the fire? When she's sent to spend the summer with her grandparents in Minnesota while her sister heals, Maia discovers that her demons are intent on following her. Maia barely knows her grandparents, she desperately misses her sister and home, and she's not thrilled to be spending the summer with Grandpa Howard on his motorcycle rides, where he spends all day keeping watch for forest fires. There are no kids in Gram and Pop's small town--just the chatty nine-year-old neighbor and a friendly, stray dog. But Maia will soon learn that nature is a powerful teacher, and sometimes our greatest strengths show themselves when we have to be there for someone else. As she begins to figure out how to face her guilt, she'll discover there's a fine line between fear and adventure.

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Erin Soderberg Downing has written more than fifty books for kids, tweens, and teens. Some of her most popular titles include the magical middle-grade novel Moon Shadow, as well as several fun series: Puppy Pirates, The Quirks, and Disney's Daring Dreamers Club. The first book in her series The Great Peach Experiment was selected as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Erin lives in Minneapolis with her fun husband, three hilarious kids, and two very fluffy dogs. Victoria Villarreal is a first-generation Mexican American bilingual voiceover and film and television actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she holds a BFA in musical theater with an acting emphasis. She is currently based in Los Angeles, California.

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