Marked by fire / Joyce Carol Thomas.
2007
PZ7.T36696 Mar 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Marked by fire / Joyce Carol Thomas.
Author
Edition
1st Jump at the Sun ed.
ISBN
9781423101437
142310143X
9781423101444 (pbk.)
1423101448 (pbk.)
142310143X
9781423101444 (pbk.)
1423101448 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion, 2007.
Language
English
Description
168 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
PZ7.T36696 Mar 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
Summary
Abyssinia Jackson, born in an Oklahoma cotton field in the wake of a tornado, is the pride and joy of her family, church, and community until a series of natural disasters and personal attacks threaten to break her spirit, but Mother Barker and her lessons in folk medicine help Abby survive.
Note
Includes "Reading Group Discussion Guide," "Joyce Carol Thomas's Favorite Reads for Teens," and "Up Close and Personal with Joyce Carol Thomas."
Awards
American Book Award, 1982.
National Book Award, 1983.
National Book Award, 1983.
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