Marked by Fire by Joyce Carol Thomas

Marked by Fire

Joyce Carol Thomas

176 pages first pub 1982 (view editions)

fiction childrens young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
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Abyssinia Jackson was born in 1951 in an Oklahoma cotton field, next to a bonfire, and is marked by the fire in the form of a birthmark. After a tornado strikes, Abyssinia is assaulted by a neighbor. While the local women do their best to heal her...

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