List Containing Books Copper Sun
| Title | : | Copper Sun |
| Author | : | Sharon M. Draper |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 302 pages |
| Published | : | September 20th 2006 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Cultural. African American |
Narrative In Pursuance Of Books Copper Sun
Stolen from her village, sold to the highest bidder, fifteen-year-old Amari has only one thing left of her own: hope.
Amari's life was once perfect. Engaged to the handsomest man in her tribe, adored by her family, and living in a beautiful village, she could not have imagined everything could be taken away from her in an instant. But when slave traders invade her village and brutally murder her entire family, Amari finds herself dragged away to a slave ship headed to the Carolinas, where she is bought by a plantation owner and given to his son as a birthday present.
Survival seems all that Amari can hope for. But then an act of unimaginable cruelty provides her with an opportunity to escape, and with an indentured servant named Polly she flees to Fort Mose, Florida, in search of sanctuary at the Spanish colony. Can the elusive dream of freedom sustain Amari and Polly on their arduous journey, fraught with hardship and danger?
Describe Books Toward Copper Sun
| Original Title: | Copper Sun |
| ISBN: | 0689821816 (ISBN13: 9780689821813) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Ghana United States of America Florida(United States) …more South Carolina(United States) …less |
| Literary Awards: | South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult (2009), Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author (2007), Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee for Children's Fiction (2007), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2009) |
Rating Containing Books Copper Sun
Ratings: 4.33 From 12740 Users | 1685 ReviewsCrit Containing Books Copper Sun
I dont know what to say... Im speechless. It made me cry so much.I have been a fan of Sharon Draper for some time. She is a master at writing realistic fiction. COPPER SUN is her first historical fiction and it is amazing as well as frighteningly authentic.This book follows the trials and tribulations of Amari, a fifteen year-old African maiden. After witnessing the slaughter of both the old and young in her African village, including her parents and her young brother, she is chained, by feet, hands, and neck, lined up, and herded miles on foot to the ocean
From the moment the first line was finished, I was captured. This is my first read of author Sharon Draper and will not be my last. The story is an emotional ride, and very hard to read...I was angry, sad, frustrated, happy for any little meager piece of relief and finally I sighed. Not a "feely goodie" time story, but to know what one can endure just to live, is remarkable. Will keep that in mind when I'm whining.The story is of Amari a 15 year old African. Ms. Draper gives only a short read,
Copper Sun by Sharon Drapper, is an exciting, intense, and very descriptive book. The main character is a girl named Amari. She was taken from her village in Africa, after all her friends and family were killed by slave hunters. The only person, who watched over her, was an old woman which she called Afi. This is a story that tells about what Amari had to go through, and how she dealt with it. I loved this book, I couldnt put it down, it told about the journey from the village, to the ship,
I also read this book in high school and Anthony was reading it I thought it was really brutal what they did to the African-American.
This book...just whoa. For it to be YA, it really blew my mind on how much great historical info that it had packed into it. I read almost the last half of this book in one setting. It got to a point where I just couldn't stop reading. This had not been out in a while in our library, but I'm definitely going to suggest it to people when they are looking for a good historical fiction read.
Wow! This was a great book.
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