Quick action packed read!

I love this book and the whole plot behind it. I also love how the children in this story express there feelings over the story of how they got lost in the woods. 5 stars! One of my favorite books EVER!

The Book Escape From Fire Mountain is filled with suspense, mischief, and action. My favorite part of the book was when Nikki and to children she had rescued from the fire, stole a four-wheeler from poachers hunting in the mountains.

The book is about a girl who goes to save some kides frome a danjerous fire and i loved this book

A great adventure story. I loved the spunkiness of the heroine.

Poachers and wildfire
Are never good things to mix
With children. Never!

Good little book.

I gave this book 3 stars because I didn't really like this book. If you like stuff about saving people or kinda gothic fiction books you might like this. You should try and read this anyways because just because I didn't like it doesnt mean you won't. S just give it a try and tell me what you think

Enlivened by the author's own wilderness experience over many decades, Escape from Fire Mountain is a high-stakes look at a young girl thrust into crisis out in the deep woods. Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts has grown up in the Wabash Mountains; her father runs the Tall Pines Hunting Lodge, but no hunting is allowed in summer, so Nikki's mother and father are planning a short visit to the city. Nikki will stay by herself at the lodge for the first time. She's excited for the opportunity...until she happens upon a pair of poachers while riding her horse, Goblin. How far will the poachers go to silence her? Nikki manages to escape back to the lodge, but the danger isn't over.

With a lightning storm moving into the area, Nikki checks her father's CB radio and catches part of a distress call from a young boy. Something about a fire, and an injury to his sister. Nikki must head out on her own to find the two kids, but a canoe trip down the rapids could be lethal. She will have to travel mostly on foot. The rain has stopped, but if a lightning strike started a fire, Nikki may find herself trapped by roaring walls of flame at any moment. It's a huge relief when she locates eight-year-old James and his four-year-old sister Molly, hiding from the flames on a mountain ledge, but can she get them to safety and radio for help before tragedy happens?

Just as perilous as fire is the presence of the poachers, who discover Nikki and the kids and set off in murderous pursuit. Nikki might be able to outdistance them on her own through the mountainous terrain, but James and Molly slow her down. She'll need to use her wits to keep the men at bay until help arrives, which is not easy with forest fires raging. If Nikki, James, and Molly survive, Nikki will have proven she's ready for adult responsibility in the wilderness...and discovered she has more courage than she imagined.

Escape from Fire Mountain is easily best of the first three books in Gary Paulsen's World of Adventure series. Even as a kid, you may someday be in a situation where you have to save your own life or the lives of others, a crisis requiring swift, brave, competent action. Your whole life you counted on your parents to bail you out of trouble, but at some point you have to learn to save yourself. This is true in the book not just for Nikki, but James, who contributes more than a bit to their escape from the fire and poachers. I would consider rating Escape from Fire Mountain two and a half stars; it's too short for optimal immersion, but is a good way to introduce Gary Paulsen to younger kids, and Steve Chorney's glowing, action-packed cover art is a great way to draw them in. A book like this could be a childhood favorite.

I read Escape from Fire Mountain, by Gary Paulsen. This book has enlarged print and easy sentence structures, both providing a great environment for young readers. The book is also written in third person omniscient point of view, which helps young readers further understand what is going on in the book without having to make too many inferences while reading.
I liked this book, especially because the main character in the book is a strong, young, girl. She takes care of two younger children she finds during the course of the book, and is able to work through difficult situations because she lives in the mountains with her parents.
I would put this book in my classroom library if I were to teach second or third grade.

This book was really good! The story pulled me in right away. It was about a young girl that lived in the mountains in a hunting cabin. Since it was the off season, her family went to go see their uncle while he was recovering from surgery. She stays home alone to what she thinks is going to be an eventless weekend, but it is not. The young girl goes out for a horse back ride and comes across some poachers. When she gets back to her house to call it in, a child is calling on the radio that they are trapped by a forrest fire. She goes to save the children and after she does, she runs into the poachers. They escape and firefighters are trying to put out the fire.

I would recommend this book to students who love adventure! Although they will most likely not encounter these issues, it is a fun book to get lost in!

I would keep this in my classroom and have it in the adventure section of my library.

This is an action-packed story about a young girl and her rescue of two younger children. The details are extreme, and the plot is fairly unrealistic. However, every child dreams of being a hero, so I think this would be thrilling to students. I would use this book in my classroom.

An Adventure about a girl who saves two young children from a fire and pouchers.