TY - BOOK AU - Draper,Sharon M. TI - Forged by fire SN - 0329114034 AV - PZ7.D78325 Fo 1998 U1 - [Fic] 20 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Aladdin Paperbacks KW - African Americans KW - Fiction KW - Brothers and sisters KW - Child abuse KW - Stepfamilies KW - sears KW - Siblings KW - Cincinnati (Ohio) N1 - Companion volume to: Tears of a tiger; Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.); School Library Journal; Wilson's Junior High School; Booklist, February 1997; Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1998; Kliatt, July 1998; L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 1999; Multicultural Review, June 1997; Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1998; School Library Journal, March 1997; Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 1997; Wilson's Junior High School, April 2001; 6.8; Follett Library Resources; Young Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - Gerald, a teenager who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, must face the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved ER -