Framed in Fire

ISBN-10

807590967

ISBN-13

978-0807590966

Author

Patneaude, David

Publisher

Albert Whitman & Company

Copyright

1999

Lexile

530L

Genre

Fiction

Synopsis

Peter Larson has an increasingly hostile relationship with his verbally abusive stepfather, Buck, and some scuffles at school, but is basically a good kid. While he deals with his ambivalent feelings toward his parents, his younger half-brother, Lincoln, reports having visions of events in their lives. The youngster's ability to "see" a fire at a neighbor's house helps to avert a disaster, but in the commotion, Lincoln falls down the stairs and Buck accuses Peter of deliberately trying to harm the toddler. The next stop for Peter is the Resthaven Psychiatric Facility.

Themes

Violence, Bullying, and sexual assault

Protagonist

Teen Boy

Note

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