The Resource Forged by fire, Sharon M. Draper
Forged by fire, Sharon M. Draper
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- Summary
- Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved. When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. His substance-addicted mother is taken from him. Then he loses the loving generosity of a favorite aunt. A brutal stepfather with a flaming temper and an evil secret makes his life miserable. The one bright light in Gerald's life is his little half sister, Angel, whom he struggles to protect from her father, Jordan Sparks, who abuses her, and from their mother, whose irresponsible behavior forces Gerald to work hard to keep the family together. As a teenager, Gerald finds success as a member of the Hazelwood Tigers basketball team, while Angel develops her talents as a dancer. Trouble still haunts them, however, and Gerald learns, painfully, that young friends can die and old enemies must be faced. In the end he must stand up to his stepfather alone in a blazing confrontation
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 151 pages
- Isbn
- 9780689806995
- Label
- Forged by fire
- Title
- Forged by fire
- Statement of responsibility
- Sharon M. Draper
- Subject
-
- trueTeenage boys
- trueStepsiblings
- African American basketball players
- African American basketball players -- Juvenile fiction
- African American families
- African American families -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAfrican American stepbrothers and stepsisters
- trueAfrican American stepfathers
- African American teenage boys
- trueAfrican American teenagers
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueAmerican people
- trueBoys
- Brothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Child abuse
- Child abuse -- Fiction
- Child abuse -- Juvenile fiction
- trueChildren of African American drug abusers
- Children of women drug addicts
- Children of women drug addicts -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCincinnati, Ohio
- Fiction
- trueFires
- trueGreat-aunt and child
- trueIncest victims
- Juvenile works
- trueMother-separated boys
- trueMother-separated children
- trueNorth American people
- Pyromania in children
- Pyromania in children -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSexually abused children
- trueStepbrothers and stepsisters
- Stepfamilies
- Stepfamilies -- Juvenile fiction
- Stepfamilies -- Fiction
- Young adult works
- Young adult fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved. When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. His substance-addicted mother is taken from him. Then he loses the loving generosity of a favorite aunt. A brutal stepfather with a flaming temper and an evil secret makes his life miserable. The one bright light in Gerald's life is his little half sister, Angel, whom he struggles to protect from her father, Jordan Sparks, who abuses her, and from their mother, whose irresponsible behavior forces Gerald to work hard to keep the family together. As a teenager, Gerald finds success as a member of the Hazelwood Tigers basketball team, while Angel develops her talents as a dancer. Trouble still haunts them, however, and Gerald learns, painfully, that young friends can die and old enemies must be faced. In the end he must stand up to his stepfather alone in a blazing confrontation
- Award
-
- Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 1998.
- Young Hoosier Book Award, Middle Books, 2001.
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 1998
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 1998
- Awards note
- Coretta Scott King Award, author, 1998
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 076027
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Draper, Sharon M.
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 780L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG
- LC call number
- PZ7.D78325
- LC item number
- Fo 1997
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 9
- 12
- Reading level
- 4.7
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Hazelwood High
- Series volume
- bk. 2
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Child abuse
- Stepfamilies
- Brothers and sisters
- Pyromania in children
- African American basketball players
- Children of women drug addicts
- African American families
- Child abuse
- Stepfamilies
- Brothers and sisters
- African Americans
- African American basketball players
- African American families
- Brothers and sisters
- Child abuse
- Children of women drug addicts
- Pyromania in children
- Stepfamilies
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Forged by fire, Sharon M. Draper
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 293770
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 151 pages
- Isbn
- 9780689806995
- Lccn
- 96002763
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780689806995
- (OCoLC)34658524
- Label
- Forged by fire, Sharon M. Draper
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 293770
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 151 pages
- Isbn
- 9780689806995
- Lccn
- 96002763
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780689806995
- (OCoLC)34658524
Subject
- trueTeenage boys
- trueStepsiblings
- African American basketball players
- African American basketball players -- Juvenile fiction
- African American families
- African American families -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAfrican American stepbrothers and stepsisters
- trueAfrican American stepfathers
- African American teenage boys
- trueAfrican American teenagers
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueAmerican people
- trueBoys
- Brothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Child abuse
- Child abuse -- Fiction
- Child abuse -- Juvenile fiction
- trueChildren of African American drug abusers
- Children of women drug addicts
- Children of women drug addicts -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCincinnati, Ohio
- Fiction
- trueFires
- trueGreat-aunt and child
- trueIncest victims
- Juvenile works
- trueMother-separated boys
- trueMother-separated children
- trueNorth American people
- Pyromania in children
- Pyromania in children -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSexually abused children
- trueStepbrothers and stepsisters
- Stepfamilies
- Stepfamilies -- Juvenile fiction
- Stepfamilies -- Fiction
- Young adult works
- Young adult fiction
Genre
Member of
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- trueCoretta Scott King Award (Authors)
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 1998
- trueYALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 1998
- trueYoung Hoosier Book Award: Middle Books
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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