William Wenthe

Aug 17, 2023 | terrain.org | Christine Byl |Jessica Johnson |William Wenthe

Lookout by Christine BylStrange Object | 2023 | 300 pages     Near the beginning of Christine Byl’s Lookout, nine-year-old Cody Kinzler has been goaded by a young neighbor into striking matches, and one singes her shirtsleeve. When her parents find out, her father takes her to a meadow, waters down a perimeter, and lights the grass inside it until waist-high flames come close enough to make her cry and dry her tears.