By: Shannon Hale
Pages: 317
Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, 2004
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: A
Recommended to: Girls 10-15
Enna Burning, sequel to The Goose Girl, had high expectations. In my opinion, this book fulfilled them. Enna, Isi's friend in Bayern, was born and raised in the forest. Shortly after the end of the first novel, Enna moves back to her childhood home after her mother falls ill and dies. One day, after borrowing embers from her neighbor to start the fire in the hearth, Enna returns home to find the fire already blazing, and her older brother Leifer (who was out hunting) sitting in front of it, holding a strange vellum. He won't tell her about it, but she soon finds out that this has given him the power to make fire, burn things, and control fire. He's a fire-speaker. Enna soon realizes that, although Leifer has the power of fire, it's consuming him, and travels to the city of Bayern, searching for Isi's help with Leifer. Once there, Enna knows that Isi won't be of any help, because she is dealing with her wind-speaking taking over her. On top of all this, the neighboring country of Tira invades Bayern. Enna finds the vellum and learns the secrets of fire herself, looking to help win the war. Will the power of fire speaking be too much for her to handle?
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