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FIRE FLIGHT A Wildfire Escape PRUITT / FEDELE jan 2024 UNCORRECTED PROOF NOT FOR SALEUNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEFIRE FLIGHT A Wildfire Escape by Cedar Pruitt illustrated by Chiara Fedele UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEPublished by Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 1710 Roe Crest Drive, North Mankato, Minnesota 56003 capstonepub.com Text copyright © 2024 by Cedar Pruitt Illustrations copyright © 2024 by Chiara Fedele All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on the Library of Congress website. ISBN: 9781684468867 (hardcover) ISBN: 9781684468881 (ebook PDF) Summary: Flames consume a forest, and an owl seeks refuge. Helicopter wings chop, and water drops to drench the branches below. Spare, lyrical language takes readers inside the journey of a screech owl that fled the flames to ride along with a firefighting helicopter during the 2020 California Creek wildfire. Consultant Credits Thank you to Dan Alpiner, the real-life helicopter pilot in this story, for his assistance in the development of this book—and for his brave work fighting wildfires. Image credit: Dan Alpiner, page 30 Designed by Nathan Gassman UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEFor my forest explorers, Pearl and Axel — CP UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEUNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEDeep in a California forest grew a fire, crunching dry branches, bark, and heartwood. Flames loomed, smoke bloomed, and orange ribbons wove into . . . UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALE. . . owl territory. UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEOne owl, a little owl, had nowhere to go. UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALENext >