![]() Readers also see what happens to the tragic players after cameras stop clicking. With sensationalized news everywhere, teens will be fascinated by Frances’s childhood at the center of a media-crazed tragedy. Vivid, unnerving scenes from Fireless break up Frances’s present-day journey, jolting readers and placing them inside her psyche. Nelson’s teen characters emerge as unique, fully realized people with accents, physical features and emotional dimensions that distinguish them from familiar young-adult caricatures. Her boyfriend, Nix, drives, offering empathy and humor. To end these nightmarish visitations, Frances embarks on a secret road trip to face her mother. Two small sisters lie lifeless on a bed sick games turn giggles into shrieks and a mother’s saucer eyes terrify. ![]() ![]() ![]() Frances left Fireless, her mother’s dark imaginary world, years ago and found comfort in an adoptive family, but when she receives a letter from a psychiatric hospital saying “finish it,” horrific memories surface. ![]()
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