# Forged by Fire

**Author:** Sharon M. Draper
**Grade range:** Grades 7–10
**Age range:** 12–15
**First published:** 2009
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780784816523`
**ISBN-10:** `0784816522`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/forged-by-fire
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Gerald survives a childhood of fire and abuse and grows up determined to protect his little sister from the same dangers. The second Hazelwood High novel.

## Themes

- abuse
- family
- resilience

## Where this book is assigned

### Young Hoosier Book Award

- **recommended** · 7th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award Past Winners (Intermediate grades 4-6 + Middle Grade grades 6-8; annual since 1975)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award Past Winners (Intermediate grades 4-6 + Middle Grade grades 6-8; annual since 1975)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)

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