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Copper Sun

Copper Sun Paperback / softback - 2008

by Sharon M. Draper

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Slave traders invade Armari's African village and she is dragged to a ship bound for the Carolinas. Bought by a plantation owner, Amari befriends a white indentured servant named Polly and struggles to hold on to her memories, in this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel.

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Copper Sun is 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.
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  • Title Copper Sun
  • Author Sharon M. Draper
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, NEW YORK
  • Date 2008-01-01
  • Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9781416953487_inp
  • ISBN 9781416953487 / 1416953485
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (20.83 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
  • Ages 14 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 9 - 12
  • Reading level 820
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Slavery
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005005540
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Copper Sun is the epic story of a young girl torn from her African village, sold into slavery, and stripped of everything she has ever knownâÈ'except hope.

From the publisher

Coretta Scott King Award, 2007. Includes a reading group guide (p. [307]-309). Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace. Includes bibliographical references (p. [304-306]). Coretta Scott King Award

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Media reviews

"Action-packed, multifaceted, character-rich."
-- SLJ, starred review

Citations

  • PW Notes and Reprints, 01/21/2008, Page 172

About the author

Sharon M. Draper is a three-time New York Times bestselling author and a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. She has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire and was awarded the Charlotte Huck Award for Stella by Starlight. Her novel Out of My Mind has won multiple awards and was a New York Times bestseller for over three years, and its sequel, Out of My Heart and Blended were also New York Times bestsellers. Sharon taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. She now lives in Florida. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.

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