Wild Fire acquaints readers with Wakara as she struggles with anger over her mother’s death, resentment at her new ranch duties, and a blossoming friendship with a young ranch hand at Eagle Lodge. She sometimes feels that her horse Lily is the only one who really understands her. When Wakara and her brother get caught in a raging forest fire, she learns to trust God in everything.
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Six months after her mom died, Wakara Sheridan is still having nightmares. Last year, all she had to worry about were her grades and which outfit she was going to wear. Now she has to take care of Ryan, her sometimes annoying little brother, do all Mom’s chores, and keep up with school work, too. It just isn’t fair!
At least she has Lily, her faithful mare, and Tia, her best friend who is always up for some laughs. And even though Wakara is going to be doing a lot of cleaning this summer at Eagle Lodge, her family’s wilderness resort, at least there’s that cute new ranch hand to distract her. It might not be such a bad summer after all.
Anne, the native housekeeper, teaches Wakara about her own special heritage and what it means to be a child of God. But just when it seems like the family is finally pulling together, disaster strikes, and Wakara must rely on her outdoor skills to survive the Wild Fire.