Name: Fire in the Hills
ISBN: 9781439597965

Donna Jo Napoli

After escaping a Nazi labor camp, Roberto returns home to Italy where he discovers that the Allies are forcing the Nazis north, which is dangerous for the Italians, and joins a small band of resistance fighters who carry secret messages and smuggle guns--acts that are punishable by death. Reprint.

Fire in the Hills

Upon returning to Italy, fourteen-year-old Roberto struggles to survive, first on his own, then as a member of the resistance, fighting against the Nazi occupiers while yearning to reach home safely and for an end to the war.

Jeni Enjaian

This is yet another example of my wish that goodreads could enable half stars for rating purposes. If that were the case I would give this book 3.5 stars. It's just a tad more than average, a book that I enjoyed reading but have no strong feelings about.

When I first started reading this book I did not realize that it was a sequel to Stones in Water. Once I made that realization, I was very glad that I serendipitously read the books in the right order. I also enjoyed reading the summary of the events in the previous book that Napoli creatively included in the narrative. It helped me filled in on some of the events I missed with a too quick reading of the first book.

That being said, some of the plot transitions were far too muddled for me to enjoy this book more than I did or give it a stronger rating. Some events are not even explicitly mentioned in the narrative, just the consequences. This makes for a disconcerting need to keep flipping back to see if something had been missed. I'm not a fan of that.

It's a good book that many may enjoy. I just think that it could have been written better.

Fire in the Hills

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