Copper Sun

Zusatztext "Action-packed! multifaceted! character-rich." -- SLJ ! starred review Informationen zum Autor Sharon M. Draper is the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind , Blended , and Out of My Heart . She’s won Coretta Scott King Awards for  Copper Sun  and  Forged by Fire  and multiple honors. She’s also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Sharon taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. She lives in Florida. Visit her at SharonDraper.com. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

About the author

Sharon M. Draper is the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Blended, and Out of My Heart. She’s won Coretta Scott King Awards for Copper Sun and Forged by Fire and multiple honors. She’s also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Sharon taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. She lives in Florida. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon M. Draper
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781416953487
• ISBN: 978-1-4169-5348-7
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 215 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Places / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander