Marked by fire

Description:

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.

subjects: African Americans,  Community life,  Fiction,  Healers,  Juvenile fiction,  Traditional medicine,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Oklahoma, fiction,  Children's fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Fire, fiction

Places: Oklahoma