From the YALSA
and RITA Award-nominated author of Some Boys, a smoldering new
contemporary YA about love, loss and finding a place to belong.
Title: Nothing Left To Burn
Author: Patty Blount
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Genre: YA, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction
Release Date: 4th August 2015
BLURB supplied by Sourcebooks
Dear Dad,
I promised Matt I’d do this—become a Junior Cadet. That I wouldn’t let
you break me down. I know you hate me. Blame me for everything you lost. But
that day I lost my brother and my dad. You could never be proud of me, could
you? I was too “different.” So, just in case you haven’t figured it out yet,
I’m saying goodbye. Maybe someday, you’ll miss me.
Reece
Reece’s words make her ache. Amanda understands wanting to belong. As a
foster kid, the firehouse where she volunteers is the only place that feels
like home. She wants to help Reece, but his dad is her boss. And she won’t risk
her place as a Junior Cadet—it’s all that she has. But when a string of
arsons suddenly point to Amanda, her whole world is about to go up in flames.
And the only way to save themselves is to risk getting burned.
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EXCERPT
The loudest sound I had ever heard
shattered the air before I could think about it anymore.
The tones!
I leaped from the table and hurried to
the apparatus floor, forgetting all about my jellied leg muscles. I’d never
seen the trucks dispatched.
My heart pounded, and I caught up to
Amanda, standing out of the way as the crews from Truck 3, Engine 21, and
Rescue 17 donned turnouts and climbed aboard.
Engine
21, Truck 3, Rescue 17. Residential fire. Second alarm. 78 Juniper Court.
Trapped occupants.
“Please, please let this not be another
arson,” one of the men muttered as he swung onto the truck.
Goose bumps rose on my arms. Trapped
occupants? Arson? God. The apparatus bay doors rolled up with a rumble I could
feel in my stomach. Lights and sirens on, the trucks rolled out, Chief Duffy’s
official car in the lead.
Nobody hesitated.
Every person on those trucks was a volunteer.
A second alarm meant this fire was big and dangerous. People were trapped.
And nobody hesitated.
Dad was on Engine 21. Warmth slowly
spread from the center of my chest to the rest of my body and it took me a few
minutes to recognize it.
Pride.
I watched the trucks disappear down the
street, only then realizing Amanda was next to me. “I’m in, Amanda. All in.” I
didn’t stop to analyze it. The words left my mouth, and I knew in my heart that
I meant it. I wanted this. Not because of Dad or Matt, but because of me. Laughing, I grabbed her arms and
planted a smacking kiss on her lips.
She went still.
Holy
shit. What did I do? I was just about to let her go
when she leaned in and kissed me back.
Really kissed me.
It didn’t last long. A whisper. A sip. A
breath. But it damn near rocked my socks off. She jerked out of my arms like a
rubber band snapping. I was still grinning like a moron. And Amanda?
She looked like she’d been gut-shot.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Patty
Blount writes contemporary issues novels for teens.
Her debut novel, SEND, was a 2012 Junior Library Guild fall pick and a short
version of the story was a Writer’s Digest 79th Annual Writing Competition top
ten finalist. Her latest release, SOME BOYS, was inspired by the Steubenville
rape case. Patty lives on Long Island, NY. Visit her at pattyblount.com.
This August critically acclaimed author Patty Blount releases her latest
smoldering YA, Nothing Left to Burn. To celebrate her new release, Patty has
agreed to sit down with us for a quick Q&A!
QUICK AUTHOR QUESTION
If
you could invite three favorite writers to dinner, who would you invite and
why?
This is easy… I actually do this! I’d invite Jeannie Moon, Jolyse Barnett and
Jennifer Gracen. The four of us are my writing sisters.
They write contemporary romance and women’s fiction.
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