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Originally published
  
2000

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Author
  
Adam Bagdasarian

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Characters
  
Vahan Kenderian, Selim Bey, Armenouhi Kenderian

Nominations
  
National Book Award for Young People's Literature

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Forgotten Fire (2002) is a young adult novel by Adam Bagdasarian. The book is based on a true story and follows the young boy Vahan Kenderian through the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1923. It became a National Book Award finalist, National Book Award for Young People's Literature honor, and the IRA Children's Literature and Reading Notable Book for a Global Society.

Contents

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Plot summary

The novel is about a young teen boy, Vahan Kenderian, who must resort to a variety of measures to survive the Armenian genocide. Having lived a privileged life as the youngest son of one of Armenia's richest men, Vahan witnesses the deaths of family members - often through execution. One of his sisters commits suicide with poison to avoid suffering rape. While surviving the war and genocide, Vahan aims to reach Constantinople where refugees are taken to safety. From there on, Vahan feels relieved because this marks the end to his suffering. His only relative to survive the genocide is his sister Oskina, who he is separated from early in the novel. They are reunited at the end of the book.

Characters

Vahan Kenderian- the protagonist of the story. Throughout the novel, Vahan goes though many difficult experiences before reaching the final destination Constantinople and safety. He runs away from Turkish soldiers, fakes deafness, experiences family deaths, and falls in love multiple times. Vahan isn't the most brilliant or brave of the Armenians, but he is fortunately helped by many people along the way.

  • Sisak Kenderian - Vahan's brother who he found nearly dead in the street.
  • Armenouhi Kenderian - Vahan's sister who eats poison to avoid the possibility of being raped by soldiers.
  • Oskina Kenderian - Vahan's sister who he becomes separated from but eventually reunites with.
  • Mumpreh Kenderian - Vahan's uncle who was accused of being a revolutionary and killed by Turk soldiers.
  • Selim Bey - The "Butcher of Armenians." Governor of Van and responsible for the deaths of the thousands of Armenians.
  • Diran Kenderian - Vahan's older brother who is killed by Turkish soldiers very early in the book.
  • Sarkis Kendrian - Vahan's father who is taken before the rest of the family and perishes in an unknown way.
  • Toumia Kendrian - Vahan's grandmother who is killed beside the Tigris river.
  • Tavel Kendrian - Vahan's brother who is killed by Turkish soldiers along at the same time as Diran
  • Dr. Tashian - a man that takes Vahan into his home as a servant later in the book.
  • Mrs. Tashian - the wife of Dr. Tashian who is crippled by headaches and dies of a horrific stroke.
  • Seta - a girl that Vahan falls in love with. She dies giving birth to the son of the German consul.
  • Pattoo - Vahan′s friend.

    • References

    Forgotten Fire Wikipedia
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