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The fire-raiser

Maurice Gee

1992172 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1992
first published
  • 1992Houghton Mifflin · 172 pages · ENGISBN 9780395624289
  • 1993Thorndike Press · 217 pages · ENGISBN 9780786200658
  • 2007Houghton Mifflin · 176 pages · ENGISBN 9780618750412
MysteriousTenseShort readModern History

In 1915 Kitty Wix and her friends try to stop the arsonist who is terrifying their small New Zealand town.

How it feels

MoodPlayful
AtmosphereWhimsicalNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesJustice
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