Editorial Note
In Sarah and Abby: The Great Fire began as part of the same collection that eventually became the Sarah and Abby series, but this story asks something different of both Sarah and the reader.
In the first book, Sarah believes without needing proof. In The Great Fire, that certainty is tested. The story asks what happens when someone who does not believe is confronted with something that makes doubt much harder to hold onto.
The book also represents the next step in the Reading Path. It uses more chapters, longer passages, and a broader vocabulary, while relying less on illustrations. The reader begins creating more of the world in their own imagination rather than having every scene shown to them.
That growth is intentional. Sarah is growing, the story is growing, and the reader is invited to grow with both. At its heart, The Great Fire is a story about belief, doubt, courage, and the moment when something impossible to dismiss changes the way a person sees the world.