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Copper Sun
Copper Sun | Sharon M. Draper
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Stolen from her village, sold to the highest bidder, fifteen-year-old 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?
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Eggs
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I chose this because of my experience reading her other books. This is tough to read but very important to know. Based on extensive research, Draper tells a fictional story of Amari, a young African woman, taken to the southern US by brutal slave traders. 😣

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RaivionneC
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This Young Adult Historical Fiction Coretta Scott King Award winning book is about a young slave girl‘s story of taken from her village in Africa sold into slavery and her new life in the Americas. Despite her hardships of being stripped of humanity it seems, she still keeps hope in her heart and finds herself. Great for older students for IR and SR.
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RaivionneC The book you is a great resource for discussion based questions at the back of the book but this link is also helpful in Young Adult activities, discussions, and other resources to include on this time period in History. https://worksheets.edhelper.com/books/Copper_Sun.htm 5y
RaivionneC For Young Adults UDL guidelines highlighting patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships (3.2) and facilitate managing information and resources (6.3). 5y
DrSpalding As you noted, young adult is the appropriate audience for many of Draper‘s books! Stella by Starlight and Blended along with Out of My Mind are her elementary appropriate novels. 5y
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BeverlyMel
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Copper Sun is a HF novel that talks about the horrors of slavery in glimpses through the story of a young girl named Amari whose village was invaded by slave traders. I had to read this book in high school as an assignment and it‘s become one of my top books ever since. It is also a CSK award winner. This story is definitely a great story for an LC or an IR. #UCFLAE3414SU19

BeverlyMel Going off of the idea of a LC for this story. I found a link for a study guide for a book discussion for students in which they can highlight patterns & critical features (UDL 3.2 ) the students can also work as a group (ESOL Strategy 2) with teacher monitoring. Teachers could also reword the assignment in order to cater to the language learning students (ESOL Strategy 31) https://sharondraper.com/copper-sun-2.pdf 5y
DrSpalding Sharon Draper is actually known for her YA LIT more than the elementary books that we have grown to love. You should read Blended next as it is her most recent. 5y
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MoniqueReads305
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Lunch at the Cheesecake Factory before see the Spider-Man movie. I have to start using my AMC A-list benefits.

#audiobooking #amlistening #currentlyreading #historicalfiction

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MoniqueReads305
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My current #audiobook selecting. Not a happy tale but a necessary one to be told.

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ElishaLovesBooks
Copper Sun | Sharon M. Draper
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So much to this book. So, so much. This is a slave narrative (fictional but well-researched and based on factual information) written for a YA audience. It is a well-deserved award winner full of details and emotion and violence. Books like these are so important to read and yet I can‘t help but have feelings of shame about America‘s past. However, the end is uplifting and filled with hope and freedom.

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hwestfall
Copper Sun | Sharon M. Draper
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This is a great young adult novel. The story is told from two different perspectives. The first is Amari, a 15 year old girl who was taken from her village in Africa. The second is a 15 year old indentured girl named Polly. Both girls end up being purchased at the same time to the same family. Another aspect that intrigued me was the girls didn't try to escape north. Instead, they went south to Ft Mose, Florida. It's hard to read but worth it.

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hwestfall
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Headphones and audiobooks are essential when you are on day 532 of being home with the kids due to illness and bad weather. Everyone has been sent to their rooms for fighting and the audiobook is now drowning out the middle child playing her recorder extremely loud on purpose to annoy everyone. #readyforspring #needwine

Tamra Headphones = best friend 7y
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StacieP
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This is 100% a book I would recommend to all upper middle and/or high school teachers for their students. While it deals with the heavy topic of slavery, it talks of fairness, hope, and new beginnings.
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DrSpalding Draper is excellent. I agree with your grade level notes. Resource? 8y
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aa_guer2021
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I made a promise to review all books I have finished. This was a #recommendation from my #librarian. It was also emotional and raw. The story of a girl stolen from her homeland, sold into the abysmal toil of slavery, and forced to endure the injustice and pain of her position. But it is uplifting, too. Because it tells the story of friendship and courage. A fast read, I finished it in a day. Highly recommended. #LRC13 (Based on true events)

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tjwill
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tjwill
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What a gorgeous and heart-wrenching story. This historical novel is set during the colonization of America. Amari is stolen from her home in Africa to become a slave. Polly is a white indentured servant who has lost her parents. The two young girls end up living together on a South Carolina plantation and sharing dreams of escape.

Zelma Added to my TBR. I have only read one Sharon Draper book so far and need to read more of her. 8y
tjwill @Zelma This was my first time reading one of her books, but definitely not the last! I have friends who absolutely love all her books, so I know the others must be just as wonderful. 8y
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tjwill
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I haven't been posting regularly on the photo challenge, but I'm reading a book with an #orangecover right now, and I am loving it. This beautiful and horrific historical novel is about Amari, who is captured from her village and taken to America to be sold as a slave. #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading

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