James Patterson & Emily Raymond: Emma on Fire (USA 2025)

From the Publisher:
An urgent, emotional thriller: "Dramatic... explores the power of grief... that through loss there can be hope for the future" (Library Journal). You -- all of you -- are sleepwalking through global catastrophe. And I intend to wake you up.

What Emma Caroline Blake has planned at New Hampshire's Ridgemont Academy is shocking.
Her school blames a heartbreaking tragedy in her family.
Her best friends point to her most recent social media.
Her teachers, even her father, say it's a drastic cry for help.
But Emma doesn't want help. She wants to make a difference. Now. Today. Not tomorrow.
She's going to walk through fire to change the world.

James Patterson & Emily Raymond: Emma on Fire. She'll walk through fire to change the world. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 9781538758700 (August, 2025), 256 p., $19.99, eBook $14.99.

James Patterson & Emily Raymond: Emma on Fire (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
Emma Caroline Blake is known at Ridgemont Academy for getting straight As, leading student clubs and winning at multiple sports. But her life falls apart when she loses her sister, along with any hope for the future.

The high schooler is soon unrecognisable from the happy, active girl she used to be. When Emma's assigned an essay in English class, all her pain and fear and sadness come pouring out in the form of a fierce challenge. You -- all of you -- are sleepwalking through global catastrophe. And I intend to wake you up.

What Emma says she plans to do is horrifying. The students are in shock. So are the teachers.

The only way to save her will be for them to study the page torn out of Emma's own lesson plan - then act on it.

James Patterson & Emily Raymond: Emma on Fire. Her truth will set the world alight. Penguin, ISBN: 9781804948835 (July, 2025), 400 p., £9.99, eBook £5.99.