Marked by fire /

Thomas, Joyce Carol.

Marked by fire / Joyce Carol Thomas. - New York, N.Y. : Avon Books, 1982. - 172 p. ; 18 cm. - An Avon/Flare book .

Abyssinia Jackson, born in an Oklahoma cotton field in the wake of a tornado, is the pride and joy of her family, church, and community until a series of natural disasters and personal attacks threaten to break her spirit, but Mother Barker and her lessons in folk medicine help Abby survive.

American Book Award, 1983

038079327X (pbk.) : $2.25

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African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Community life--Fiction.
Healers--Fiction.
Traditional medicine--Fiction.


Oklahoma--Fiction.

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