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02920aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 EDB35950EAE411E387729F9EDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140603010131 008 130712r20131998nyu c 000 1 eng d 010 $a 2013404663 020 $a 1442489146 020 $a 9781442489141 035 $a (OCoLC)852710655 040 $a NYP $b eng $e rda $c NYP $d MUS $d YDXCP $d BDX $d DLC $d SILO 050 4 $a PZ7.D78325 $b Fo 2013 082 04 $a [Fic] $2 23 100 1 $a Draper, Sharon M. $q (Sharon Mills) 245 10 $a Forged by fire / $c Sharon M. Draper. 264 1 $a New York : $b Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $c [2013] 300 $a 151 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a The Hazelwood High trilogy 500 $a First paperback edition published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1998. 500 $a Includes excerpts of the author's Panic. 520 $a 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. Sharon M. Draper has interwoven characters and events from her previous novel, Tears of a Tiger, in this unflinchingly realistic portrayal of poverty and child abuse. It is an inspiring story of a young man who rises above the tragic circumstances of his life by drawing on the love and strength of family and friends. 650 1 $a Child abuse $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Stepfamilies $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Brothers and sisters $v Fiction. 650 1 $a African Americans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Child abuse $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Stepfamilies $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Brothers and sisters $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Juvenile fiction. 800 1 $a Draper, Sharon M. $q (Sharon Mills). $t Hazelwood High trilogy. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020024516.0 952 $l AQPC277 $d 20201212012933.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20151224010529.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EDB35950EAE411E387729F9EDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search