Suddenly, one of the white men shoots the village chief with his gun. Then ceremonial dancing begins, to the beat of ceremonial drums. After exchanging gifts, the village storyteller, Komla, who is Amari's own father, starts telling tales about the past. The men arrive later, along with warriors from the Ashanti, a nearby tribe. After talking with her mother about these people, they conclude that they must welcome these people, and start making preparations for their guests. She meets up with Besa, who is going to the elders of the village, claiming to have seen strangers who have 'skin the color of goat’s milk.” She goes back to her family's home, uneasy. Amari then starts describing her village. Kwasi teases Amari by saying he saw her promised to Besa, a drummer from their village. Kwasi is in a coconut tree when Amari tells him to get down and bring some fruits to their mother. Plot Īmari, a 15-year old girl, is with Kwasi, her 8-year old brother, in her village of Ziavi, Africa. Copper Sun addresses the Transatlantic Slave Trade, slavery in America, and freedom.

When Draper traveled to Ghana, West Africa, she visited the Point of No Return and the castles had thousands of slaves that were kept before getting on the ship which made her inspired to write this novel. 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.Copper Sun is a 2006 young adult novel by Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon Draper. Survival seems all that Amari can hope for.

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. 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. Stolen from her village, sold to the highest bidder, fifteen-year-old Amari has only one thing left of her own: hope. You can read this before Copper Sun PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Copper Sun written by Sharon M. Brief Summary of Book: Copper Sun by Sharon M.

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