Copper Sun

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 0689821816 ISBN13: 9780689821813 Release Date: January 2006 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Length: 320 Pages Weight: 1.10 lbs. Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1" Age Range: 14 to 17 years Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12 A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) In this "searing work of historical fiction" (Booklist), Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper tells 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. Amari's life was once perfect. Engaged to the handsomest man in her tribe, adored by her family, and fortunate enough to live in a beautiful village, it never occurred to her that it could all be taken away in an instant. But that was what happened when her village was invaded by slave traders. Her family was brutally murdered as she was dragged away to a slave ship and sent to be sold in the Carolinas.