Out of the Woods

Written by Rebecca Bond

When fire sweeps through the forest, people and animals must share the only safe place.

40 pages· 1,035 words· Est. 8 min read-aloud· NC840L· AR 4.8 · 0.5 AR pts

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Antonio Willie Giroux, almost five, lives in the hotel his mother runs on the edge of a lake and longs to see the forest animals that always stay hidden. One hot, dry summer a fire rushes through the woods, and everyone in town wades into the lake. Then the animals come too. Based on the true story of the author's grandfather.

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Based on a true story about the author’s grandfather, Rebecca Bond’s Out of the Woods is a dramatic tale of survival featuring both animals and people. Antonio Willie Giroux lived in a hotel his mother ran on the edge of a lake. He loved to explore the woods and look for animals, but they always remained hidden away. One hot, dry summer, when Antonio was almost five, disaster struck: a fire rushed through the forest. Everyone ran to the lake-the only safe place in town-and stood knee-deep in water as they watched the fire. Then, slowly, animals emerged from their forest home and joined the people in the water. Miraculously, the hotel did not burn down, and the animals rebuilt their homes in the forest-but Antonio never forgot the time when he watched the distance between people and animals disappear.

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