The Firebug of Balrog County

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Pub Date Sep 08 2015 | Archive Date Aug 01 2015
Teens & YA

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A firebug has woken inside my heart. Dark times have fallen on remote Balrog County, and Mack Druneswald, a high school senior with a love of arson, is doing his best to deal. While his family is haunted by his mother’s recent death, Mack spends his nights roaming the countryside, looking for something new to burn. When he encounters Katrina, a college girl with her own baggage, Mack sets out on a path of pyromania the likes of which sleepy Balrog County has never seen before. A darkly comic tour-de-force, The Firebug of Balrog County is about legend, small towns, and the fire that binds.

A firebug has woken inside my heart. Dark times have fallen on remote Balrog County, and Mack Druneswald, a high school senior with a love of arson, is doing his best to deal. While his family is...

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"David Oppegaard's The Firebug of Balrog County kept me up all night. I liked Mack, the firebug, so much, I wanted to save him myself. I wanted to climb in the story and call the cops."
—Geoff Herbach, author of Stupid Fast

"David Oppegaard's The Firebug of Balrog County kept me up all night. I liked Mack, the firebug, so much, I wanted to save him myself. I wanted to climb in the story and call the cops."
—Geoff...

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ISBN 9780738745435
PRICE $11.99 (USD)

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The Firebug of Balrog County is a very real story about a very real boy dealing with grief in a very teenage boy way. His mother's death sparks a love of arson in Mack Druneswald's heart, and starting fires is the only way he can make himself feel better. Unfortunately, his grandfather is mayor of the county, and so what ensues is a battle of wits and will between a troubled young man and the grandfather who loves him very much. Mack meets Katrina, a girl who is almost as tough as she appears, and with her encouragement his arson ideas grow even bigger. When Mack sets the wrong fire at the wrong house, though, he sets himself up for a life lesson he'll never forget. The story is moving, the protagonist utterly likeable even while he's burning things down, and the nemesis he creates of his grandfather an added punch to the tale. The only thing I would caution against is that the language is strong (and therefore more real), so you may want to read it first and decide if your child is ready for it.

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