Edwards award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Derby, treated like an animal hates life in the beginning of book, becomes friends with polly and tidbit, escapes farm, makes it to fort mose and is granted freedom. Two fifteenyearold girlsone a slave and the other an indentured servantescape their carolina plantation and try to make their way to fort moses, florida, a spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves. Another critic claimed that the book showed themes of pain, hope, and determination and human exploitation and suffering. By weighing the copper at the beginning and at the end of the experiment the percentage yield can be determined. The characters that author sharon draper introduces are complex but still real and relatable.
Copper sun is a book about slaves in america that were beaten and dragged into ships. Amari is a strong 15yearold girl who is taken from her home and is forced into slavery. The book copper sun is told by a slave named amari and an indentured servant named polly. Copper sun by sharon drapper, is an exciting, intense, and very descriptive book. Copper sun is a 2006 young adult novel by coretta scott king award winning author sharon draper. He has another dark man as a slave who is conveying bundles for them, and derby whips him so as to get him to move quicker. Her little brother died died when they were forced to march with all of the other people in her. Click download or read online button to get copper sun book now. I listened to this book because my daughter had it over the summer as a reading assignment. Draper when pale strangers enter, 15 year old, amaris village, her entire tribe welcomes them. Grand and sweeping in scope, detailed and penetrating, copper suns. The book has eleven parts in which amari and polly take turns telling what is going on in the book. Copper sun is a historical fiction novel about fifteenyearold amari, a young woman from ziavi, ghana. The atrocities continue as she struggles through endless days of backbreaking work and daily degradation on a plantation.
Free flashcards to help memorize facts about copper sun by sharon m. 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 knownexcept hope. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Learn the sun chapter 10 copper with free interactive flashcards. Book discussion, copper sun, chapters 111, pages 163 group students in pairs and have each pair of students read the page just before part one and chapters, pages 120. One day, unannounced, a group of palefaced strangers arrive, led there by a neighbouring tribe, the ashanti. In chapter 15 after everyone agreed that they wouid help him craven told everyone his plans and then they headed. She lives in cincinnati, ohio, where she taught high school english for. Fifteenyearold amari witnesses the murder of her family and the destruction of her remote african village. He has another dark man as a slave who is conveying bundles for them, and derby. Draper and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Her novel out of my mind has won multiple awards and was.
Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Draper is a new york times bestselling author and recipient of the margaret a. Afi has been traded multiple times so she knows the ropes. She was taken from her village in africa, after all her friends and family were killed by slave hunters. Copper sun addresses issues of the african slave trade, slavery in america, and freedom. This 16 slide powerpoint presentation is a guide for the novel, copper sun, by sharon draper. Families may find the violence, habitual rape, and cruelty described here a challenge to read about, but the story does succeed in connecting modern teens to a period in time. Ship to death terrified and panicked, a mother and daughter leap from the lifeboats into the water, rather than be taken aboard the giant ship. The sunset that evening was unlike any amari had ever seen. She endures countless humiliations as she is beaten, branded, and forced to board a slave ship. Polly is a 15yearold indentured servant and is amaris best friend. But that was what happened when her village was invaded by slave traders.
I was in awe of the story and how real it felt, i could visualize it all as if i was there. The spirit of the copper sun seemed to bleed for them as it glowed bright red against the deepening blue of the great water 34. It brings about enough to explain the wickedness and cruelty of slavery. It also shows that, even in the toughest times, you can find some good things. From sand to ship while grouped together and waiting on the beach, afi tells amari the harsh truth about their situation, and amari doesnt want to go on. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Poignant and harrowing, this narrative of early america alternates between the voices of enslaved amari and indentured servant polly, building a believable interracial friendship centered on the common goal of freedom. Jan 01, 2006 poignant and harrowing, this narrative of early america alternates between the voices of enslaved amari and indentured servant polly, building a believable interracial friendship centered on the common goal of freedom. Told from the modulating viewpoints of 15yearold slave amari, and 17yearold indentured servant polly, copper sun is a story of resilience in the face of human depravity, and a hope for freedom against all odds. Hates life in the beginning of book, becomes friends with polly and tidbit, escapes farm, makes it to fort mose and is granted freedom. Amari loves her community the ewe people, her family, and her soontobe husband, besa. While accounts of the attack on the tribe and the middle passage are ephemeral, the. Two fifteenyearold girlsone a slave and the other an indentured servantescape their.
She has received the coretta scott king award for both copper sun and forged by fire, and was most recently awarded the charlotte huck award for stella by starlight. A vocabulary list featuring copper sun by sharon m. Winner of the 2007 coretta scott king author award. Amari is a strong 15yearold slave, and the main character who endures the horrors of slavery. When pale strangers enter, 15 year old, amaris village, her entire tribe welcomes them. The copper sun and the piercing paleness of the sky, which were so welcome in the. Derby is planning to come back to derbyshire ranches with his new acquisitions. The authors theme in this book is to show what a teenage girl, whose black, has to go through when she becomes a slave. Families may find the violence, habitual rape, and cruelty described here a challenge to read about, but the story does succeed in connecting modern teens to a period in time that many view from the. I dedicate this book to him, and to my grandmother estelle, who, even though she was not allowed to finish school, kept a.
Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. The reason why i think that copper sun would be a lot better then if it was a true story is because, if copper sun was a true story it would not be as fun to read. This study guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of copper sun. Another critic thought of the novel as character driven, with a fast moving plot, and unforgettable characters. Somehow, through it all, amaris hopes and dreams survive because. Other activities to help include hangman, crossword, word scramble, games, matching, quizes, and tests. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. The experiment was carried out as outlined in the practical manual.
Afi tells amari alligators amari and polly amari believes amari realizes answers may vary answers will vary ashanti besa blank in front captives cato tell circle the hidden coffle copper sun vocabulary cruel derby tells describe amaris diagonally expressing father feces flatulence fort mose forward happens help amari hidden vocabulary words. Amari is in love with besa and he tells amari that white men are coming members of the ashanti tribe. The new york public library, 477551a, astor, lenox and tilden foundations. Choose from 146 different sets of the sun chapter 10 copper flashcards on quizlet. Different coffles of slaves go along with them, and they in the end make it to a city where white men were strolling affectionately intertwined with dark men, without any chains on both of them 22. Beverly almond noted that the novel expresses unimaginable hardship and starvation and disease. Many of the slaves in copper sun were very depressed.
The spirit of the copper sun seemed to bleed for them as it glowed bright red against the deepening blue of the great water. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on copper sun by sharon draper. First simon pulse edition january 2008 the library of congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows. Draper about the book amaris life was once perfect. I think that copper sun is a lot better of a book then if it was a true story. This 49page guide for copper sun by sharon draper includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 42 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Copper sun view book details welcome to the official site of. Copper sun is a 2006 young adult novel by coretta scott king awardwinning author sharon. In her remote part of africa, visitors are always a cause for celebration, but these strangers are. Part 1, parts 25, parts 67, parts 811 here are links to.
Collection of book jackets 1928 includes also jackets of the books published earlier 19267. This outstanding novel is about the harsh realities of slavery. When the novel opens, amari is a happy teenager, engaged to the most handsome man in her african village, and beloved by her parents. This riveting novel was written by draper, a granddaughter of a slave. Amari is captured from her idyllic home in africa, and sold into slavery in the new world. Have the book the middle passage by tom feelings available for students to use as a resource. Find books like copper sun from the worlds largest community of readers. Some slaves were treated very good and others were not. In her remote part of africa, visitors are always a cause for celebration, but these strangers are not here to celebrate. Taking its title from a countee cullen poem, copper sun describes 15yearold amaris capture and life as a slave in 1738. Minor characters afi is a slave who helps amari stay alive when they are being transfered to america. Draper tells you what happens in order with the book and this also shows you how the african americans were treated. 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. An unflinching look at the brutality of the american slave trade, drapers novel tells the story of amari, a young african girl who is enslaved.
Copper sun summary and analysis free book notes if there is a copper sun sparknotes, shmoop guide, sites like sparknotes with a copper sun study guide or cliff top quotes, and discussion questions. The reader will develop strong feelings for amari and those who suffer along with her surprisingly including the white mistress. Her novel out of my mind has won multiple awards and was a new york times bestseller for over three years. Copper sun exposition everything was alright until they came. It has a riveting plot, and is ideal for anyone who likes either historical fiction, or just a. Afi has been traded multiple times so she knows the ropes and without her help amari certainly would have died. Slaves were thrown off ships into the ocean and drown to death. May you be protected from evil, and may you live to a ripe old age. This 50page guide for copper sun by sharon draper includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 42 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Demise walk to cape coast this section starts with a summary of the passings of the individuals amari realizes who were left out and about for the hyenas 21. The sun was such a red that it seemed to amari to bleed for them because she felt that she has bled to the point of no more. But, this novel also demonstrates that there are people in this world eager to do the right thing. It kept my interest from beginning to end and opened up alot of dialogue with me and my daughter about slavery.