Forged by fire
Hazelwood High trilogy
About this book
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.
Subjects
- african americans
- african americans, fiction
- brothers and sisters
- brothers and sisters, fiction
- child abuse
- child abuse, fiction
- children's fiction
- fiction
- juvenile fiction
- large type books
- reading level-grade 10
- reading level-grade 11
- reading level-grade 12
- reading level-grade 9
- siblings
- stepfamilies
- stepfamilies, fiction
- young adult fiction