Summary Of Sharon M. Draper's Copper Sun

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The author Sharon M. Draper, is a granddaughter of a slave and her grandfather was freed at age five. In Copper Sun, she uses interesting characters to describe what a slave’s life was like trying to escape, working in fields, and earning an education. In this story, we are able to picture all of the struggles that a slave faced. The protagonist was an average young lady named Amari who lived happily with her family and friends in her village. She was going along her day when she heard that some pale men were heading her way. Amari’s village always welcomed all of their guests by throwing parties and shortly after, her whole village was attacked. The only survivors were teens who were brought to some unknown place where shortly afterward, they

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