Independent Reading 2

Title: Forged by fire
Time: 1 day
Pages read: All pages
Author: Sharon Draper

Reponse:
i read Forged by fire and its about this boy who was tooken away from his mother at three because she left him alone and the house caught on fire.The boy was saved, by the next door neighbor. He was sent to live with his aunt and his mom went to jail. On his 9th birthday his mom came back and same with his little sister and new step father. His step father is abusive. And had to live with him and her becuase his aunt died from a heart attack. One day he told a responsible friends parent and his step father went to jail for a couple of years. When he came back he put on a fake act and then turn and hit the mother. One day after school Gerald finds out that his friend Rob died, and he had so much to live for. When Gerald comes home one night he finds the apartment on fire and his step father trying to melsorte his little sister. His step father kicked him and hit him and Gerald pulled his leg so he fell hard. He grabbed his sister and tripped on his step fathers bodies. Having the firemen find him. In the abulance they figure out that their step father died. It was a good ending.