Monday, April 6, 2009

Copper Sun by Sharon Draper


A very well-done story of a young girl taken from her home in Africa by treachery, the terrible things that were done to her, and her escape to a life of freedom in Fort Mose outside of St. Augustine, Florida. A bit too graphic for upper elementary.

We done fell out the trouble tree and hit every branch on the way down!

Amari glanced toward the west and watched the sun set. It glowed a bright metallic copper--the same sun that set each evening upon her homeland. She knew that she had found a home once more. [ending]

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