Key Selling Points

• Siblings Poppy and Jed work together to save the farm animals when a wildfire comes close to their house.
• Explores family dynamics as well as themes of facing fears, survival and teamwork.
• Although Jed is the older brother, he has an intellectual disability and Poppy takes responsibility for him.
• The story follows the gripping journey of the siblings as they flee their home with the farm animals—eight ewes, a sheepdog, a horse, twelve chickens and a bad-tempered donkey.
• Set in the farming area east of Vancouver.
• A relevant story about a wildfire that comes close to homes and farms and the unpredictability and speed at which fires can spread and become more dangerous.
• Gabrielle Prendergast has written seven other hi-lo titles, as well as books in other genres, including the award-winning Zero Repeat Forever, a fast-paced sci-fi fantasy.
• Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.