Sharon Draper - Forged by Fire

Pros: realistic dialogue, intense subject matter, riveting plot and engaging characters

Cons: not a one

The Bottom Line: The intense subject matter is sure to keep you glued to your seat flipping those pages like a maniac!

Review: 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: Sad A plot that can grip you has something intresting in every chapter

Cons: towards the middle its not the desciptive

The Bottom Line: This book is amazing, thrilling, and sad. I would recommend it to anybody.

Review: 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...

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

Review: 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...