How long does it take to read Forged by Fire?
Hazelwood High trilogy
Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper takes about 2 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Hazelwood High Trilogy
Previous: Tears of a Tiger Next: Darkness Before Dawn
About 2 hours 52 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 156 pages, about 42,900 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As a teenager, Gerald finds success as a member of the Hazelwood Tigers basketball team, while Angel develops her talents as a dancer. Trouble still haunts them, however, and Gerald learns, painfully, that young friends can die and old enemies must be faced. In the end he must stand up to his stepfather alone in a blazing confrontation. Sharon M. Draper has interwoven characters and events from her previous novel, Tears of a Tiger, in this unflinchingly realistic portrayal of poverty and child abuse. It is an inspiring story of a young man who rises above the tragic circumstances of his life by drawing on the love and strength of family and friends.
Subjects: Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Stepfamilies, African Americans, Child abuse, Juvenile fiction
