Fire on Headless Mountain - Iain Lawrence

Iain Lawrence

Category: Adventure

Tags: Adventure, General Fiction, Teen & Young Adult

Separated from his siblings in the midst of a dangerous forest fire, 11-year-old Virgil must find a way to survive using only his wits and the lessons his late mother taught him about the wilderness., Virgil is making his older siblings trek to a mountain lake on a trip unlike any theyve have taken before. They carry precious cargo: the ashes of their beloved mother, who asked that her remains be scattered at her favorite spot. But when a forest fire is sparked by a bolt of lightning at the exact moment when their van breaks down, the journey quickly turns to disaster., While the oldest, Josh, is gone to find help, Virgil and his sister, Kaitlyn, spot fleeing animals and soon see flames flickering above the tree line. Once the sky begins to darken with the haze of burning timber, Virgil finds himself separated from his sister and left alone in the wilderness. He isnt sure he can make it, but with the memory of his late mother, a science teacher, and all her lessons to guide him, he qui