![]() Someone thought the idea and put it into words on paper. ![]() ![]() So it makes perfect sense that she begins her journey without a deep understanding of the power of the written word and ends up risking her life once she realizes that words have the power to save a culture which is doomed to extinction.įor those of us who love to devour books and can’t imagine a world without them, Nielsen effectively uses Audra and Lukas’ interactions as a vehicle to explain how words, when intentionally blended, can transform the worlds of their readers.Īs Lukas shares with Audra, “This is a book of ideas. Her only connection to the written word was her knowledge of the letter A, as the first letter of her name. ![]() It’s a world that had been intentionally kept from her. Audra, the main character, who has led a very sheltered life up until now, is suddenly thrust into a world of survival, discovery and more importantly into a world of books, words and ideas. The theme of being “without” is intertwined throughout this beautifully crafted, emotional and thrilling young adult novel. “To be without learning is to be without eyes” is the only phrase, singularly situated in the middle of the first page of Jennifer Nielsen’s latest young adult novel, “Words on Fire”. ![]()
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