Trial By Fire

by Sheila Dalton

Overview

Winner of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice: Best Books for Kids&Teens

Seventeen year-old Nathan is running – running from his past and running from his present. Raised by a white mother and never having known his native father, he must cope with prejudice and stereotypes. When he meets Sally, the beautiful outsider, he finds someone who believes in him. But when Sally’s house is put to the torch by an arsonist, suspicion falls on Nathan and he finds himself embroiled in an intrigue and murder that threaten to drive the two teenagers apart.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459716988
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	11/01/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	12 - 15 Years

About the Author

Sheila Dalton has published children's picture books, poetry, and adult novels. She won third prize for her play Legacy in the University of Toronto Playwriting Competition. Trial by Fire, her first YA novel, was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award. She lives in Newmarket, Ontario.

Sheila Dalton was born in England and immigrated to Canada with her family at the age of six. She has been published in many formats, including children's picture books and poetry, and has even ventured into drama, winning third prize for her play Legacy in the University of Toronto Playwriting Competition. Trial by Fire was Sheila's first YA novel and was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award. She lives in Newmarket, Ontario.