Marked by Fire - Hardcover

Thomas, Joyce Carol

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 142310143X ISBN 13: 9781423101437

Publisher: Hyperion Book CH, 2007

Synopsis

Fire is Warm
Abyssinia Jackson grew up under a vast Oklahoma sky shaded with pecan trees and dotted by endless rows of cotton-pickers cotton. She had the gift of song, a storyteller's talent, the love of her parents, and the affection and pride of her community.

Fire Can Burn
Then a tornado hits and drives Abby's family apart. A deranged neighbor targets her for a campaign of vengeful terror. And a vicious physical assault all but breaks her will.

Marked by Fire
In a triumphant story of faith and fortitude, Abby emerges clearly as a young woman who faces pain and joy with the dignity of her heritage and the determination of spirit.

Joyce Carol Thomas’s beautifully written first novel, a 1983 National Book Award winner, remains as poignant and moving today as it was 25 years ago when it was first published.

About this title

About the Author:

Joyce Carol Thomas is the award-winning author of more than fifty books for adults, teens and children. She is the author ofMarked by Fire,National Book Award Winner;Bright Shadow, a Coretta Scott King Honor book;Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, a Coretta Scott King Honor book; andI Have Heard of a Land,winner of the 1999 IRA Teacher's Choice Award. Her HBFC titles includeLinda Brown, You Are Not Alone: Brown v. Board of Education;Hush Songs: African-American Lullabies; andJoy. Joyce lives in Berkeley, California.

Review:

"A lyrical celebration of black womanhood tempered by both pain and joy." -- Booklist, Starred Review

"Concerns human strength and frailty. It is a book about girls and women and the men in their lives. It tells of the best and worst time experienced by a small black community during a 20-year period...Well worth reading." -- Alice Childress, The New York Times

"I believe this to be an important first novel. Joyce Carol Thomas's characters enact the verities of human life: romance, apprehension, loss, and hope, and they perform on the author's real life stage." -- Maya Angelou

About this edition

• Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 142310143X
• ISBN 13: 9781423101437
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168