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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 yearold 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 by pale skinned visitors with fire sticks.
She watches her fellow Africans suffer incomprehensible humiliation and death at the hands of their captors as they are shipped like animal cargo across the ocean.
The life that awaits her is nothing like she could have ever imagined,
Amari must adapt to life as a purchased slave on a rice plantation, a life that includes atrocities committed upon her by her white owners.
She meets Polly, an indentured servant who has dreams of making it to the big house and being a fine lady of standing.
Instead, Polly lives in the slave quarters with Amari and finds shes given the chore of civilizing Amari, now called Myna, and teaching her enough English to work.
After witnessing murder, the two girls find themselves thrown together in a desperate run for freedom,
This is not just another book about slavery, This is a book about something real and tangible, Ms. Drapers writing is so vivid that you can smell the rank odors beneath ship, You can feel the pain of being lashed with a whip, Your throat will constrict at the heart wrenching pain of a mother and child being forced apart, You will also celebrate the strength and spirit of Amari and those she inspires, COPPER SUN won the Coretta Scott King Award, This is a book I will make sure goes on my classroom shelves, I give COPPER SUN a gold star!
There are few books I recommend without hesitation, and this is one them.
For years, sitelinkGary Paulsen's sitelinkNight John has been one of the titles I try to lead all high school students to.
I think Copper Sun is better, As others have mentioned, it isn't a pleasant read at times, but it is absolutely honest in its rendition of a slice of American history.
I hope many people, teens and adults, will read it and consider how the past isn't dead we all live within its long shadow.
Such a gripping book that tells the tale of Amari, an African girl, stolen from her village and brought to what is now the US during The Middle Passage.
It tells the tale of her enslavement and her escape to freedom with a young boy named Tidbit as well as a white indentured slave named Polly.
What I like is that this book tells the horrors of the boat ride over and enslavement and the grueling ordeal of escaping to freedom without being gruesomely descriptive.
I'm a sensitive reader so that's always a plus for me,
A gripping read and also lots of information in the Afterword about slavery with lists of websites and books that can be read.
Will be buying a copy for my personal library,/.stars! So well written! This book is an astounding book for all readers! It has a riveting plot, and is ideal for anyone who likes either historical fiction, or just a great book.
While some parts of the book were very sad and hard to read, I was able to power through, and enjoy the ending.
One thing I enjoyed about this book was how it said "Copper Sun" multiple times, I really enjoy finding any relation to the title of a book in the middle of the story.
It is very satisfactory to me,
Overall, I believe this book is satisfactory for all readers, and while some parts were incredibly hard to read, I thought it was a great book to read in order to expand my knowledge of slavery.
One of my favorite books of all times, There are no words but amazing, I devoured this book!! It was so good, I would warn that this book is graphic and doesn't hold back from describing the horrors of slavery.
I couldn't help but love the characters and admire their strength, It'd amazing to know that there are children who went through this same thing and survived, There's a lot to learn from this novel and I can't wait to do a full review,. Not two chapters in, and Amari's life is suddenly not her own, Taken from her village by the men with "skin the color of goat's milk," they treat her as property, which she quickly becomes after seeing her family die, after her shoulder is branded, after she is used in the night.
. . The atrocities don't stop in this book that Sharon Draper researched wellyears, In the back, it states that "a reviewer commented that some of the events and characters, . . seemed exaggerated or stereotypical. However, in her research the author found facts and events exceedingly more horrible and tragic than those depicted in the novel.
" I can't imagine. This book is so wellwritten, and shows such humiliations of slavery, . . It's needed, and it's difficult, Drama! A wonderful and realistic story of slavery, There are a lot of examples of words of the wiser, Would recommend for mature readers, Draper's words let's you feel all the emotions during this time, I also read this book in high school and Anthony was reading it I thought it was really brutal what they did to the AfricanAmerican.
Fifteenyearold Amari loves life in her home village in Africa, She spends her days strolling along the stream, daydreaming about her handsome future husband, teasing her little brother, and avoiding chores.
But everything changes the day the visitors arrive, Her world changes forever as the strangers begin killing the adults and young children,
Amari stands stunned as her parents drop dead from gunfire, Her little brother urges her to run into the jungle for safety they try, only for Amari to be captured and her brother to be shot dead.
Upon arrival in America, Amari is sold to the highest bidder,
Amari meets Polly, a white girl, The two girls from different ends of the earth bond together in order to survive,
The whole black person meets white person, then struggle ensues until they eventually come to love one another thing is overdone but Draper doesnt spend a lot of energy trying to sell that aspect of the book, which is why the book thrives.
This book is soooooo good!! The copper sun was amazing, It's historical fiction and every part felt so real, I love how Sharon shared the research she did to wrote the book and all the resources she utilized.
I plan to get this book for my nephews, This would be a good educational tool for then to begin learning about slavery, This was such a powerful book, The novel is told from two different perspectives: a young girl who becomes a slave and a young girl who becomes an indentured servant to the same plantation owner.
Although it is a work of fiction, I appreciated how the author used facts to create this work.
It was a pretty difficult read due to the content, but I would encourage those interested in topics covering the intersectionality of indentured servitude and slavery to give it a read.
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, Sometimes I just stand back and wonder how humanity can be so cruel, Really, the things humans do to each other are revolting, Rape, murder, abuse, an ongoing list that only seems to grow as time goes on, It's the reason I can't watch the news ever, There are just too many bad things happening on this planet, and I don't need to hear about every single one of them.
Of course, such a thing was unavoidable while reading the Copper Sun,
My first reaction to the novel was horror, I was horrified by the treatment of Amari by Clay Derby, I couldn't believe what he made her do and how Polly didn't even think it was a big deal.
I had heard of this practice before, but I had never thought of it to this extent, It made my skin crawl, How could someone do that Of course, many other things horrified me in this novel, Amari's people were betrayed by people of their own color, a rival village, Her parents and little brother are killed, and the boy she is to marry taken away, Despite this, Amari's spirit does not break, She tries to survive during the voyage, learning English from one of the crew, That is the beauty of this story, Amari may go through hard times, but she doesn't lose her spirit, She keeps surviving, gaining strength from her relationships with Polly, Tidbit, and Teenie, Ultimately, she, Polly, and Tidbit escape to start a new life, Another interesting aspect to this story is the addition of Fort Mose, You don't really hear about slaves escaping to Fort Mose, and I think it was a cool choice of location to make.
Fort Mose, though only operational a few years, is a significant and often ignored part history leading up to the Civil War.
I was glad to hear a little about it,
I'd definitely recommend this, It is excellently written and aimed for young adults, something that always is something I look for when reading about slavery.
Definitely looking forward to reading more of Draper's work, Copper Sun by Sharon
M, Draper is a must read novel for everyone, This riveting novel was written by Draper, a granddaughter of a slave, This outstanding novel is about the harsh realities of slavery, But, this novel also demonstrates that there are people in this world eager to do the right thing.
The main character is Amari, ayear old girl from Africa who was sold in the Carolinas, Amari's character is strong, confident, emotional and determined, . . a definite role model. Polly's character is a perfect secondary one to Amari, leading to a unlikely but lasting friendship, The characters are vivid, the plot captivating and the descriptions emotional,
"May your feet bring you to where your heart is, " excellent read! the author made the characters so real, very vivid details. the book is labeled young adult but I felt it's for a more mature audience, Read Harder: Colonial or PostColonial Literature
I started one book for this challenge Roxane Gay's Untamed State and found it too dark.
I chose this one instead because it's YA and I thought that might make it easier to read.
It did, but just. The start of the book is most difficult: we meet Amari, a young girl of the Ewe tribe.
In short order, her village is burnt to the ground, its population decimated and Amari and a few other young people are taken into slavery.
It was a heartbreaking read and the story didn't get any easier when Amari made it to South Carolina.
This was an interesting book Amari meets an indentured white girl and they are thrown together through life at their plantation but still difficult to read.
It, of course, made me wonder why humans are so awful to each other, And it made me wonder what our world might be like if we chose collaboration over the quest for power.
If you want to know more about slavery before the United States was a country, this book is a good choice.
Just plan to have a lighter read on tap to follow,
This book follows the trials and tribulations of Amari, a fifteen yearold 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 by pale skinned visitors with fire sticks.
She watches her fellow Africans suffer incomprehensible humiliation and death at the hands of their captors as they are shipped like animal cargo across the ocean.
The life that awaits her is nothing like she could have ever imagined,
Amari must adapt to life as a purchased slave on a rice plantation, a life that includes atrocities committed upon her by her white owners.
She meets Polly, an indentured servant who has dreams of making it to the big house and being a fine lady of standing.
Instead, Polly lives in the slave quarters with Amari and finds shes given the chore of civilizing Amari, now called Myna, and teaching her enough English to work.
After witnessing murder, the two girls find themselves thrown together in a desperate run for freedom,
This is not just another book about slavery, This is a book about something real and tangible, Ms. Drapers writing is so vivid that you can smell the rank odors beneath ship, You can feel the pain of being lashed with a whip, Your throat will constrict at the heart wrenching pain of a mother and child being forced apart, You will also celebrate the strength and spirit of Amari and those she inspires, COPPER SUN won the Coretta Scott King Award, This is a book I will make sure goes on my classroom shelves, I give COPPER SUN a gold star!
There are few books I recommend without hesitation, and this is one them.
For years, sitelinkGary Paulsen's sitelinkNight John has been one of the titles I try to lead all high school students to.
I think Copper Sun is better, As others have mentioned, it isn't a pleasant read at times, but it is absolutely honest in its rendition of a slice of American history.
I hope many people, teens and adults, will read it and consider how the past isn't dead we all live within its long shadow.
Such a gripping book that tells the tale of Amari, an African girl, stolen from her village and brought to what is now the US during The Middle Passage.
It tells the tale of her enslavement and her escape to freedom with a young boy named Tidbit as well as a white indentured slave named Polly.
What I like is that this book tells the horrors of the boat ride over and enslavement and the grueling ordeal of escaping to freedom without being gruesomely descriptive.
I'm a sensitive reader so that's always a plus for me,
A gripping read and also lots of information in the Afterword about slavery with lists of websites and books that can be read.
Will be buying a copy for my personal library,/.stars! So well written! This book is an astounding book for all readers! It has a riveting plot, and is ideal for anyone who likes either historical fiction, or just a great book.
While some parts of the book were very sad and hard to read, I was able to power through, and enjoy the ending.
One thing I enjoyed about this book was how it said "Copper Sun" multiple times, I really enjoy finding any relation to the title of a book in the middle of the story.
It is very satisfactory to me,
Overall, I believe this book is satisfactory for all readers, and while some parts were incredibly hard to read, I thought it was a great book to read in order to expand my knowledge of slavery.
One of my favorite books of all times, There are no words but amazing, I devoured this book!! It was so good, I would warn that this book is graphic and doesn't hold back from describing the horrors of slavery.
I couldn't help but love the characters and admire their strength, It'd amazing to know that there are children who went through this same thing and survived, There's a lot to learn from this novel and I can't wait to do a full review,. Not two chapters in, and Amari's life is suddenly not her own, Taken from her village by the men with "skin the color of goat's milk," they treat her as property, which she quickly becomes after seeing her family die, after her shoulder is branded, after she is used in the night.
. . The atrocities don't stop in this book that Sharon Draper researched wellyears, In the back, it states that "a reviewer commented that some of the events and characters, . . seemed exaggerated or stereotypical. However, in her research the author found facts and events exceedingly more horrible and tragic than those depicted in the novel.
" I can't imagine. This book is so wellwritten, and shows such humiliations of slavery, . . It's needed, and it's difficult, Drama! A wonderful and realistic story of slavery, There are a lot of examples of words of the wiser, Would recommend for mature readers, Draper's words let's you feel all the emotions during this time, I also read this book in high school and Anthony was reading it I thought it was really brutal what they did to the AfricanAmerican.
Fifteenyearold Amari loves life in her home village in Africa, She spends her days strolling along the stream, daydreaming about her handsome future husband, teasing her little brother, and avoiding chores.
But everything changes the day the visitors arrive, Her world changes forever as the strangers begin killing the adults and young children,
Amari stands stunned as her parents drop dead from gunfire, Her little brother urges her to run into the jungle for safety they try, only for Amari to be captured and her brother to be shot dead.
Upon arrival in America, Amari is sold to the highest bidder,
Amari meets Polly, a white girl, The two girls from different ends of the earth bond together in order to survive,
The whole black person meets white person, then struggle ensues until they eventually come to love one another thing is overdone but Draper doesnt spend a lot of energy trying to sell that aspect of the book, which is why the book thrives.
This book is soooooo good!! The copper sun was amazing, It's historical fiction and every part felt so real, I love how Sharon shared the research she did to wrote the book and all the resources she utilized.
I plan to get this book for my nephews, This would be a good educational tool for then to begin learning about slavery, This was such a powerful book, The novel is told from two different perspectives: a young girl who becomes a slave and a young girl who becomes an indentured servant to the same plantation owner.
Although it is a work of fiction, I appreciated how the author used facts to create this work.
It was a pretty difficult read due to the content, but I would encourage those interested in topics covering the intersectionality of indentured servitude and slavery to give it a read.
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, Sometimes I just stand back and wonder how humanity can be so cruel, Really, the things humans do to each other are revolting, Rape, murder, abuse, an ongoing list that only seems to grow as time goes on, It's the reason I can't watch the news ever, There are just too many bad things happening on this planet, and I don't need to hear about every single one of them.
Of course, such a thing was unavoidable while reading the Copper Sun,
My first reaction to the novel was horror, I was horrified by the treatment of Amari by Clay Derby, I couldn't believe what he made her do and how Polly didn't even think it was a big deal.
I had heard of this practice before, but I had never thought of it to this extent, It made my skin crawl, How could someone do that Of course, many other things horrified me in this novel, Amari's people were betrayed by people of their own color, a rival village, Her parents and little brother are killed, and the boy she is to marry taken away, Despite this, Amari's spirit does not break, She tries to survive during the voyage, learning English from one of the crew, That is the beauty of this story, Amari may go through hard times, but she doesn't lose her spirit, She keeps surviving, gaining strength from her relationships with Polly, Tidbit, and Teenie, Ultimately, she, Polly, and Tidbit escape to start a new life, Another interesting aspect to this story is the addition of Fort Mose, You don't really hear about slaves escaping to Fort Mose, and I think it was a cool choice of location to make.
Fort Mose, though only operational a few years, is a significant and often ignored part history leading up to the Civil War.
I was glad to hear a little about it,
I'd definitely recommend this, It is excellently written and aimed for young adults, something that always is something I look for when reading about slavery.
Definitely looking forward to reading more of Draper's work, Copper Sun by Sharon
M, Draper is a must read novel for everyone, This riveting novel was written by Draper, a granddaughter of a slave, This outstanding novel is about the harsh realities of slavery, But, this novel also demonstrates that there are people in this world eager to do the right thing.
The main character is Amari, ayear old girl from Africa who was sold in the Carolinas, Amari's character is strong, confident, emotional and determined, . . a definite role model. Polly's character is a perfect secondary one to Amari, leading to a unlikely but lasting friendship, The characters are vivid, the plot captivating and the descriptions emotional,
"May your feet bring you to where your heart is, " excellent read! the author made the characters so real, very vivid details. the book is labeled young adult but I felt it's for a more mature audience, Read Harder: Colonial or PostColonial Literature
I started one book for this challenge Roxane Gay's Untamed State and found it too dark.
I chose this one instead because it's YA and I thought that might make it easier to read.
It did, but just. The start of the book is most difficult: we meet Amari, a young girl of the Ewe tribe.
In short order, her village is burnt to the ground, its population decimated and Amari and a few other young people are taken into slavery.
It was a heartbreaking read and the story didn't get any easier when Amari made it to South Carolina.
This was an interesting book Amari meets an indentured white girl and they are thrown together through life at their plantation but still difficult to read.
It, of course, made me wonder why humans are so awful to each other, And it made me wonder what our world might be like if we chose collaboration over the quest for power.
If you want to know more about slavery before the United States was a country, this book is a good choice.
Just plan to have a lighter read on tap to follow,
Stolen from her village, sold to the highest bidder,
fifteenyearold 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 illusive dream of freedom sustain Amari and Polly on their arduous journey, fraught with hardship and danger
Sharon M. Draper