Early morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, 6,200 homes and 8,900 structures and were destroyed. Author Brian Fies's firsthand account of this tragic event is an honest, unflinching depiction of his personal experiences, including losing his house and every possession he and his wife had that didn't fit into the back of their car. In the days that followed, as the fires continued to burn through the area, Brian hastily pulled together A Fire Story and posted it online--and it immediately went viral. He expanded his original web comic to include environmental insight and the fire stories of his neighbors and others in his community. This paperback version includes 32 new pages that bring the story up-to-date. A Fire Story is a candid testimony of the wildfires that left homes destroyed, families broken, and a community determined to rebuild.

Author: Brian Fies
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 03/05/2019
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.3lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.60w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781419735851


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2018 pg. 93
Publishers Weekly 03/11/2019
Booklist 03/15/2019 pg. 55
School Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 110

About the Author
Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist. His widely acclaimed first graphic novel, Mom's Cancer, won the Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic in 2005 (the first webcomic to win this award and the inspiration for the category), the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize for Best Comic, the 2007 Harvey Award for Best New Talent, and the 2007 German Children's Literature Award. He is also the author of the acclaimed, award-winning graphic novels A Fire Story, which received four starred reviews and a regional Emmy Award for an animated adaptation, and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, winner of the American Astronautical Society's 2009 Eugene M. Emme Award for Best Young Adult Literature. He lives in Santa Rosa, California.