Wildfire

《Wildfire》榮獲Booklist年度最佳圖書及華盛頓常青藤圖像小說獎閱讀清單推薦

★「氣候變遷的焦慮對許多孩子來說是實際的問題，特別是那些親身經歷過野火的人，這本深思熟慮的漫畫一定會強烈引起共鳴。」——Booklist 星級評論

在一場燒毀家園的野火後，一名國中女生渴望將她的悲傷化為行動，本書以細膩的圖像小說形式，深入探討野火成因並激勵讀者投入改變。
Julianna 曾熱愛在鄉村俄勒岡州的生活。她喜歡照顧農場動物，也熱衷於當地的4H俱樂部。但突然無法想像的事發生了——一場野火摧毀了她家的家園。

事後她們全家搬到俄勒岡州的波特蘭，Julianna 希望能拋開過去，她認為這場火災是孩子玩煙火引起的，對於父母和妹妹加入氣候變遷抗議的行動毫無興趣。
她只想向前看，然而當老朋友 Carson——可能與野火有關——突然回到她的生活中時，一切變得不再容易。就在此時，兩位新朋友邀請她加入學校的保育社團，Julianna 開始明白，也許她能將憤怒轉化為強大的力量。

《Wildfire》情感豐富又激勵人心，向讀者展現悲劇的療癒可以有許多種方式，並示範面對氣候變遷時，每個人都能採取屬於自己的行動。

A Booklist Best Book of the Year • A Selection of the Washington Evergreen Graphic Novel Award Reading List

★“Climate anxiety is a real concern for many kids, especially those who have experienced wildfires firsthand, and this thoughtful comic will surely ring powerfully true.”―Booklist, starred review

In the wake of a fire that’s destroyed her home, a middle-schooler is eager to turn her grief into action in this sensitive graphic-novel resource about what makes wildfires happen and how to inspire change.

Julianna loved her life in rural Oregon.

She loved taking care of her farm animals and being part of her local 4H club. But then the unthinkable happened...a wildfire destroyed her family’s home.

In the aftermath, her family relocated to Portland, Oregon, where Julianna hopes to put everything behind her. Believing the fire to be the result of kids playing with fireworks, she certainly isn’t interested when her parents and younger sister start getting involved in the growing climate change protests.

All she wants to do is move on, but that becomes near impossible when Carson, an old friend from her hometown who may have had a hand in starting the wildfire, is suddenly back in her life. Julianna can’t seem to catch a break, but when two new friends invite her to join their school’s conservation club, she learns that maybe she can turn her anger into something powerful. 

Emotional and inspiring, Wildfire shows readers that healing from tragedy can take many forms and demonstrates what it means to take action in the face of climate change—and how that action can be different for each of us.