# Before the Fire

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- Authors: [Sarah Butler](https://www.bookquiver.com/sarah-butler)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2016-03-10

## Description

Butler is brilliant at capturing Stick's inner teenage turmoil, his anger, his feelings of futility, the terrible depths of his grief and his easy contempt for adults who clumsily try to help. By setting the novel in the months leading up to the 2011 riots, Butler also hints at a wider social dimension to teenage disaffection, while ensuring that Stick remains a riveting and sympathetic character

## Editions

### Before the Fire

- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-14-4722-253-8
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2016-03-10
- Language: en_GB