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1) Chasing fire
Author
Language
English
Description
The number-one New York Times -bestselling author delves into the world of elite firefighters who thrive on danger and adrenaline-men and women who wouldn't know how to live life if it wasn't on the edge. There's little as thrilling as firefighting-at least to Rowan Tripp. The Missoula smoke jumpers are in Rowan's blood: her father is a legend. She's been fighting fires since her eighteenth birthday. At this point, returning to the wilds of Montana...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Oscar winner Angelina Jolie stars as Hannah, a smoke jumper still reeling from the loss of three lives she failed to save from a fire when she comes across a traumatized twelve-year-old boy with nowhere else to turn.
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, “Young Men and Fire” describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces...
4) Burn zone
Author
Series
Hotshots volume 1
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Smokejumper Lincoln Reid is speechless to see Jacob Hartman among his squad's new recruits. Linc had promised his late best friend he'd stay away from his little brother. And yet here Jacob is...and almost instantly, the same temptation Linc has always felt around him is causing way too many problems. Jacob gets everyone's concerns, but he's waited years for his shot at joining the elite smokejumping team, hoping to honor his brother's memory. He's...
5) Smoke jumper
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about smoke jumpers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story of two best friends and the woman they both love. When a terrible mountain fire forces her to choose between them, all three lives are changed forever. Here, Evans explores the territory her has carved out as his own: raw but complex emotion set against a vast landscape. Writing unflinchingly about the yearnings of the human heart and the painful quest for self-discovery, he gives us here a story of three fine people forced to walk the flames...
8) Smokejumpers
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyde Street Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Aiden veered from the family tradition of urban firefighting and became a smokejumper. Now the job has taken the life of his friend, Kyle, and left Aiden with injuries and fractured memories. The truth may clear Aiden of blame but destroy Kyle's reputation and hurt the people he left behind. Sara had been his sister's best friend-- until one reckless night. She's never forgiven how Aiden brought it crashing down. Together they're in search of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Give readers an inside look at the dangerous job of smoke jumpers. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, a selected bibliography, an introduction to the author, and sources for further research.
12) High heat
Author
Series
Hotshots volume 2
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Annabeth Albert’s Hotshots series continues—the emotions and intensity of Chicago Fire with the raw, natural elements of Man vs. Wild.
Smoke jumping is Garrick Nelson’s life. Nothing, not severe injuries nor the brutal physical therapy that follows, is going to stop him from getting back with his crew. But when a lost dog shows up on his front porch, he can’t turn her away, and he can’t take care of her on his own. Thankfully, help comes...
13) Jumper
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Blair Scott is in her second season as a wildland firefighter when the Forest Service puts out a call for an additional class of smokejumpers. She and her best friend Jason both apply, though neither expects to get in since they’re only nineteen. But it’s been a devastating fire season, and they are both accepted. But going to training camp is only the first step—everyone expects the teenage rookies will wash out in the first week. Blair has...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
During one incendiary summer, Murry Taylor kept an extensive journal of his day-to-day activities as an Alaskan smokejumper. It wasn't his first season fighting wildfires, and he's far from being a rookie-he's been on the job since 1965. Through this narrative of one busy season, Taylor reflects on the years of training, the harrowing adrenaline-fueled jumps, his brushes with death, the fires he conquered, and the ones that got away. It's a world...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"From a searing expanse of flames in Russia to barreling blazes in California, no wildfire is too extreme for National Geographic photographer and wildland firefighter Mark Thiessen. Travel with Thiessen across the globe as he investigates dangerous infernos and works alongside courageous firefighting teams. Offering stunning photography, expert advice, and inside information on the most high-tech gear, the author turns up the heat to show you the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A brief exploration of what wildland firefighters do on the job, including the equipment they use and the training they need, plus real-life instances of famous smokejumpers parachuting in to fight fires.