''Marked by Fire'' (first published January 1, 1982) is a novel by Joyce Carol Thomas. Thomas and

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(''A Place Apart'') shared the 1983 National Book Award for Children's Books in category Fiction, Paperback."National Book Awards – 1983"

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. Retrieved 2012-02-22. From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Award history there were dual awards for hardcover and paperback books in many categories. Almost all of the paperback award-winners were reprints but ''Marked by Fire'' was original in 1982. The story follows the life of Abyssinia "Abby" Jackson, whose home in

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is destroyed by a tornado and fire. Her father's name was ''Strong'' and her mother's ''Patience''.

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