“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than
any dream made or paid for in factories.”
– Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451
Objective:
Choose and read a highly combustable book from our fiery reading list.
Details:
1) Choose and read a fire themed book from the list provided.
Quest Scouts Fiery Reading List:
The Big Burn: Teddy Rosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Timothy Egan
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Blaze: The Forensics of Fire
by Nicholas Faith
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871: the story of the blaze that destroyed the Midwest's largest city
by Charles River Editors (Suggested by Zoma Olson)
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon (Suggested by Zoma Olson)
The Esperanza Fire: arson, murder, and the agony of Engine 57 by John N. Maclean (Suggested by Zoma Olson)
Granite Mountain: The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice by Brendan McDonough (Suggested by Michael Forrest)
2) Check out the book from you local library, buy it at your local bookstore or get it on Amazon.
3) Read the book! (Listening to the audio version is ok too!)
4) Write a short book review and post it in the comments below. Include the title, author, and things that you liked or disliked about the book. If you read a non-fiction book, also include 3 things you learned while reading.
