

Pearl and Moody quickly become friends and he introduces her to his siblings, Lexie, Trip and Izzy. Elena's younger son, the teenage Moody, bikes by the house and meets Pearl, who is his own age, and develops a crush on her. One year previously, in 1997, Elena Richardson rents the upstairs portion of her rental home across town to Mia Warren, an artist, and her teenage daughter, Pearl. The Richardson children believe that the arsonist was their sister, Izzy. Arson is suspected, as there were multiple small fires.

N 1998, the Richardson home catches fire.

The novel is about two families living in 1990s Shaker Heights who are brought together through their children. You see all of the great things about them, you love them dearly, and yet you also know all of their quirks and their foibles." She described writing about her hometown as "a little bit like writing about a relative. It is her second novel and takes place in Shaker Heights, Ohio where Ng grew up. Little Fires Everywhere is a 2017 novel by American author Celeste Ng.
