Forged by fire / Sharon M. Draper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills), author.

Contributor:

Scatto, Anne.

Clapp, John.

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills). Hazelwood High trilogy ; bk. 2.

Hazelwood High ; bk. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child abuse--Juvenile fiction.

Child abuse.

Stepfamilies--Juvenile fiction.

Stepfamilies.

Siblings--Juvenile fiction.

Siblings.

Brothers and sisters.

Pyromania in children--Juvenile fiction.

Pyromania in children.

African American basketball players--Juvenile fiction.

African American basketball players.

Children of women drug addicts--Juvenile fiction.

Children of women drug addicts.

African American families--Juvenile fiction.

African American families.

Child abuse--Fiction.

Stepfamilies--Fiction.

Siblings--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans.

Genre:

Young adult fiction.

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 151 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [©1997]

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.

Notes:

"Chapter One of 'Forged by Fire' firt appeared as a short story in Ebony Magazine, January 1991, under the title 'One Small Torch.' It was the first-prize $5,000 winner in the 1990 Gertrude Williams Johnson Literary Contest."

"Jacket illustration copyright 1997 by John Clapp"--Dust jacket.

"Book design by Anne Scatto / Pixel Press"--t.p. verso.

"The text of this book is set in Goudy Old Style."

"First Edition."

Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author, Winner, 1998

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Tehon Collection copy has Coretta Scott King Award sticker on dust jacket.

Other Format:

Online version: Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills). Forged by fire.

ISBN:

9780689806995

068980699X

9781439527948

1439527946

OCLC:

34658524