Sharon Draper - Forged by Fire

Pros: realistic dialogue, intense subject matter, riveting plot and engaging characters
Cons: not a one

Forged by Fire is one of three books based on the lives of the students at Hazelwood High School. I can't call it a trilogy because the books are not written in sequential order, but rather they run almost parallel to one another. The first book I read...

Pros: It taught about abuse and neglect, very riveting
Cons: It was too short of a book, I definitely wanted to read more about these characters

This book was read for my Education class in college and I chose it because it was under the Coretta Scott King category for that was mandatory for the class book responses. At first I did not think that I was going to like it, but right from the first...

Pros: Sad A plot that can grip you has something intresting in every chapter
Cons: towards the middle its not the desciptive

I love this story, I first read it because a friend recommened it about 4 years ago and I've read it 5 times afterwards. This book has so much drama, and its one of those stories you can't help but bawl your eyes out after you read it. Gerald, the boy in...