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Kerosene

  • Chris Wooding

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From GoodReads by Jinx:The:Poet—“ Kerosene is the dark story of a young man, named Cal, by day a quiet social outcast, by night... a frustrated, tormented pyromaniac, burning to feel control over something, anything, in his life and desperate to express himself. It begins as a habit, his playing with fire, but his desire to burn things soon gets out of hand as time goes on, especially when a girl he likes begins playing mind games with him and his only friend, Joel, begins drifting away. It is a story, with devastating consequences of how dark secrets can suddenly become destructive, however the ending was a bit hurried and inconsequential. Although the writing itself could at time be clunky, it was a very interesting and compelling read. I found Cal to be a highly relatable character, especially if one has been in his shoes, as a silent outsider, a lone misfit or a youth tormented with dark and destructive urges ignited from inner rage and powerlessness of teenage life. ”

Genres

  • Mental health
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Fire
  • Pyromania
  • Teenagers
  • Realistic Fiction
  • Schools
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • Adventure and adventurers, fiction
  • Fire, fiction
  • English literature
  • Feu
  • Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
  • Pyromanie
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • General
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About the author

  • Chris Wooding

    born 28 February 1977

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    18 ratings · 61 works

Editions

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    Tandem Library

    March 2002

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    Scholastic Point

    August 15, 2003

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    Scholastic

    2003

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    Scholastic

    2002

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Scholastic

1999

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    Push/Scholastic

    1999

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    Scholastic, Inc.

    2002

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    Scholastic, Inc.

    2002

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    Library Ed edition

    Bolinda Audio Books,Australia

    December 1, 2002

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    Scholastic Inc.

    1999

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    New Ed edition

    Scholastic Point

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    Library Ed edition

    Bolinda Audio Books,Australia

    December 18, 2001