Forged by Fire

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Summary: Forged By Fire
Review: Forged By Fire is a very positive book because it is about a young boy, Gerald, 1-11-01 3B who never gives up. No matter what he has to go through he remains strong. When he was just a young boy, his mama abandoned him and he lived with his Aunty Queen. When he lives with her, she gives him the loving he never had, and the life he needs. She raises him until she died. Gerald moves in with his mom, stepfather, and his little sister Angel. Both of the kids had to put up with an abusive life. Jordan is a cold-hearted, evil eyed, strong-smelling, drunk man who beats on both kids and molests Angel. When Gerald can't take Jordan anymore he gets help from his friends' dad who was more like a dad to him than his own. Jordan goes to jail and the kids finally get to live a normal life. His mother, Monique, is mad at the kids for turning Jordan in because she just doesn't want to believe the things Jordan did. After he gets out of jail six years later, Jordan is fine, but Gerald still doesn't trust him. One night Jordan comes home drunk and molests Angel again. The house catches fire but everyone was ok, except for Jordan who dies. Gerald has to go through many difficulties: his mom abandoning him; his Aunty Queen dies; he gets beaten by Jordan; he watches his little sister get molested; he loses Rob in a car wreck; his Mom gets hit by a car; and his house burns down. Still, he is always strong and keeps going on without thinking about giving up.

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Summary: My review on Forged By Fire
Review: This book is about a boy named Gerald who is abused.The book starts off by telling about his mother abusing him when he was three years old.she would always hit him and leave him at home by himself. Then he started living with his Aunt Queen until he was about nine years old. When his aunt died he went back to live with his mom and step-father,Jordan.He was really abusive too, he would hit Gerald and his mom then sexually harass his younger sister,Angel. Gerald could never forgive his mom and didn't call her mama anymore. he called her by her first name, Monique. Once Gerald got older he had become stronger and didn't fear Jordan anymore. He had to be very strong because of all the pain he went through and the bad memories he had. The only part that I didn't like about the book is that it told about Rob's death and repeated some of the things in Tears of a tiger. I didn't tell about how hard it was for Andy and how he killed himself. I recommend this book for people of all ages because it is a book with strong feelings in it and it tells alot about being abused.

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Summary: Great!
Review: This book was awesome and you don't need to be a certain color to enjoy it. It is a book that transcends color and tells you an emotionally deep story. I read it in one sitting. It is amazingly well written and refreshingly free of dirty language. Highly recommended!