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Published
2025
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Subgenre
Adventure
Words
19,928
Section
Middle Grade

The Burning Season

Twelve-year-old Opal is training as a fire lookout on Wolf Mountain in the New Mexico wilderness. When a wildfire breaks out while she is on watch, she has to find her courage.

  • NCTE Notable Verse Novel 2026