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Copper Sun

Copper Sun

Draper, Sharon M.

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Young Adult Fiction

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ISBN10: 0689821816
ISBN13: 9780689821813
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: Jan 1 2006
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Awards: Black-Eyed Susan Award, Coretta Scott King Award, Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers, Heartland Award, Nevada Young Readers' Award, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Sequoyah Book Awards, Society of Midland Authors Award, South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Tayshas Reading, Virginia Readers Choice Award, Volunteer State Book Awards
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)

In this searing work of historical fiction (Booklist), Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper tells the epic story of a young girl torn from her African village, sold into slavery, and stripped of everything she has ever known--except hope.

Amari's life was once perfect. Engaged to the handsomest man in her tribe, adored by her family, and fortunate enough to live in a beautiful village, it never occurred to her that it could all be taken away in an instant. But that was what happened when her village was invaded by slave traders. Her family was brutally murdered as she was dragged away to a slave ship and sent to be sold in the Carolinas. There she was bought by a plantation owner and given to his son as a birthday present.

Now, survival is all Amari can dream about. As she struggles to hold on to her memories, she also begins to learn English and make friends with a white indentured servant named Molly. When an opportunity to escape presents itself, Amari and Molly seize it, fleeing South to the Spanish colony in Florida at Fort Mose. Along the way, their strength is tested like never before as they struggle against hunger, cold, wild animals, hurricanes, and people eager to turn them in for reward money. The hope of a new life is all that keeps them going, but Florida feels so far away and sometimes Amari wonders how far hopes and dreams can really take her.

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