Blaze
by Hope Bolinger
If you can't stand the heat, don't walk into the fire.
Danny knew his sophomore year would be stressful . . . but he didn’t expect his school to burn down on the first day.
To make matters worse (and they were about to get a lot worse), he — and his three best friends — receive an email in their inboxes from the principal of their rival, King’s Academy, offering full-rides to attend the town's prestigious boarding school. Danny wants nothing to do with King’s Academy and says no. Of course his mother says yes. So off he goes to be bullied and picked on for not being part of the popular and rich "in crowd."
From day one at King’s, Danny encounters hazing, mocking insults from girls at the "popular and pretty" table, and cafeteria food that, for such a prestigious school, tastes as if it were purchased from a military surplus supply warehouse. If he survives, Danny will have to overcome his fears of failure, rejection, and loneliness—all while standing strong in his beliefs and walking into the fire.
Momma Says: 3 stars⭐⭐⭐
Young adult fiction isn't a genre I normally read, but this modern day retelling from the book of Daniel piqued my interest, especially the use of a high school for the setting. Danny and friends are likable characters that make you want to root for them and I loved Danny's sharp wit throughout the story. The teenagers are a bit too cliched at times, something that resulted in more than one eye-roll on my part, but other than that, the story held my interest and kept me turning pages.
Young adult fiction isn't a genre I normally read, but this modern day retelling from the book of Daniel piqued my interest, especially the use of a high school for the setting. Danny and friends are likable characters that make you want to root for them and I loved Danny's sharp wit throughout the story. The teenagers are a bit too cliched at times, something that resulted in more than one eye-roll on my part, but other than that, the story held my interest and kept me turning pages.
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