It is the story of the fire itself and the aftermath as it affected the author and the community around the school.

This is a story of horror, panic, anger, depression and finally the recovery of the author from the severe physical and pshchological problems she suffered. The reader will experience a massive disaster from the inside through the eyes of one who experience a fiery hell.

When her body caught on fire she jumped from the second story window of her eighth grade classroom.

Michele spent four and one-half months in St. Anne's Hospital where a dedicated group of professionals, family and friends "coached" her toward recovery.

In recent years Ms. McBride has worked to establish the Phoenix Program -- a rehabilitation program for post burns and their families. Her dream is to see centers across the country where post burn victims hay be helped to cope with the many problems that confront them daily.