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Forged by fire
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- Label
- Forged by fire
- Statement of responsibility
- by Sharon M. Draper
- Subject
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- trueRealistic fiction
- trueBooks for reluctant readers
- trueIncest victims
- trueAfrican American stepfathers
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Child abuse -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- trueAfrican American teenage boys
- trueChildren of African American drug abusers
- trueSexually abused children
- trueFires
- Fiction
- trueGreat-aunt and child
- trueCincinnati, Ohio
- African Americans
- trueMother-separated boys
- Juvenile works
- Stepfamilies
- Fiction
- Child abuse
- Brothers and sisters
- trueAfrican American stepbrothers and stepsisters
- Stepfamilies -- Juvenile 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. "Gerald Nickelby, a minor character in 'Tears of a Tiger' (1994), emerges full-fledged and courageous in this companion story. His stable life with a firm but loving aunt (who is caring for him while his mother serves a prison sentence for child neglect) is shattered when his mother returns to claim him on his ninth birthday. With her is a young daughter, Angel, to whom Gerald is drawn, and her husband, Jordan, whom Gerald instinctively dislikes. When Gerald learns that Jordan is sexually abusing Angel, he risks physical assault and public embarrassment to rescue her. Although written in a more conventional form than the earlier novel, the dialogue is still convincing, and the affection between Angel and Gerald rings true. With so much tragedy here (the car crash and death of Gerald's friend Rob in Tears are again recounted, though Draper, thankfully, stops before Andy Jackson's suicide), there is some danger of overloading the reader. Nevertheless, Draper faces some big issues (abuse, death, drugs) and provides concrete options and a positive African American role model in Gerald." - Booklist Review
- Award
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- Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 1998.
- Parents' Choice Award for Story Books, 1997.
- 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
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- Coretta Scott King Award, author, 1998.
- Young Hoosier Book Award, 2001.
- Cataloging source
- TCH
- Dewey number
-
- 813
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 780
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- PZ7 .D766
- LC item number
- F67 1998
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 780
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 9
- 12
- Series statement
- Hazelwood High trilogy
- Series volume
- 0002
- Target audience
- juvenile
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