I was attracted to this book in the library by the title. Not knowing what to expect I began reading it to my children. You may want to read it first before reading it to your children as I was a little startled by the frankness of the author regarding the shunning of Ameraisain children in their native culture. It is a very touching story of a Korean/ American boy who is abandoned by his mother because she is unable to raise him any more. It is the story of his fending for himself and the other boys he meets. A great gift for anyone adopting a child from another country.

yes this book had many ways of stating life, but it was a disturbing teenage child/teen hood. I thought it could of been more appropriate and should of been rated higher than teen status.

I'd bought this book during a recent visit to Canada, while searching for Canadian writers. It seems to me like I found a very promising one!

There isn't much action in the book, but the philosophy, the outlook on life, the memories all make up for it. I couldn't put this book down. Those long train rides I have to go through every day seemed to be the shortest ever with this book accompanying me.

The way that Pearl Luke has contrasted the underground fires and our lives was amazing. By the end of the book I got the feeling that the fires burning underground were also burning in us as our memories, our childhood traumas or experiences.

It's a great book! Everybody must read this. I hope Pearl Luke keeps writing.

Working in a fire tower deep in the Canadian forest, Percy Turner uses the isolation as a wall against people, and uses the time for reflection on her past and future. She has a strained relationship with her parents, burdened by family secrets, and her childhood friend & longtime lover Marlea can't seem to choose whether to be with Percy or with her current boyfriend (not that Percy has had a stellar record keeping faithful to Marlea either). Through an internet exchange with a fellow fire tower worker, Percy slowly begins piecing her life back together. Pearl Luke's compelling story is sprinkled with fascinating facts about fires that make this tale so unique. She eloquently shows us that desire and attraction aren't always as clear cut as we like to think.