A tense, page-turning story that sensitively deals with themes of family upheaval and kleptomania, by the bestselling author of Ella on the Outside.
Ren's family lose their home in a fire. They're living with her grandmother now and things are a bit tense.
Ren lost her collection of things, her clothes; her brother lost his little bear and is inconsolable. So Ren starts replacing things with other people's possessions. They've got loads of stuff, after all.
But she gets caught and has to strike a terrifying deal to avoid detection...
Cath Howe is a children's author and teacher in South West London. Cath runs workshops in schools on everything to do with writing and performing. My Life on Fire is her fifth novel following the highly acclaimed Ella on the Outside, How to be Me, Not My Fault and The Insiders.
