By: Sharon Draper
"A brutal, yet compelling story of the struggles and truths of the slave trade." - David, Grade 8
Copper Sun is available in paperback, hardcover, audio cassette, and in audio cd format
Summary
Amari, a young girl, lives in her remote African village during the 1700's. When strange pale people enter their village they are welcomed with festivities; but things soon take a turn for the worst. The strangers are not here to celebrate. These are not visitors, they are slave traders. With an eruption of gunfire Amari's family and village are destroyed. The traders take the strongest and healthiest of the villagers to their new life: slaves in colonial America. Beaten and branded, Amari is packed into a slave ship where she witnesses the horrors of slavery. The journey across the Atlantic, also known as the infamous Middle Passage, is terrible. Sickness, hunger, and waste fill the ship, and cause the deaths of many innocent Africans. When they reach Charleston, South Carolina, Amari is sold to a plantation owner; as a birthday present for the owners son, Clay. This moving story follows the life of Amari and her life as a slave, working toward her dream of freedom, escaping to Fort Mose. This book is for a reader who enjoys history during the slave period. This book has graphic and mature content that may be disturbing.
Fort Mose is a place where slaves This is a typical Southern plantation
could escape to gain their freedom, owner's house. They were generally
and be entitled to things such as classy, elegant, and fancy.
marriage, baptisms, and other
privileges.
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