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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Sharon M. DraperAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2006-01-01Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Atheneum Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780689821813ISBN-10:689821816UPC:9780689821813Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Social Themes, Asian American & Pacific IslanderBook Topic:Prejudice & RacismAward:Volunteer State Book Awards Nominee - Young Adult Award|Tayshas Reading Commended - Young Adult Award|2007 Coretta Scott King Award Winner - Author Award|2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee - High School Award|2007 Heartland Award Winner - Young Adult Award|2007 Society of Midland Authors Award Finalist - Children's Fiction Award|2008 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee - High School Award|2009 Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award|Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers Nominee - Young Adult Award|2009 Sequoyah Book Awards Nominee - Young Adult AwardSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCRXESM8K0
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. There she was bought by a plantation owner and given to his son as a "birthday present".

Now, survival is all Amari can dream about. As she struggles to hold on to her memories, she also begins to learn English and make friends with a white indentured servant named Molly. When an opportunity to escape presents itself, Amari and Molly seize it, fleeing South to the Spanish colony in Florida at Fort Mose. Along the way, their strength is tested like never before as they struggle against hunger, cold, wild animals, hurricanes, and people eager to turn them in for reward money. The hope of a new life is all that keeps them going, but Florida feels so far away and sometimes Amari wonders how far hopes and dreams can really take her.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Atheneum Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780689821813ISBN-10:689821816UPC:9780689821813Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Social Themes, Asian American & Pacific IslanderBook Topic:Prejudice & RacismAward:Volunteer State Book Awards Nominee - Young Adult Award|Tayshas Reading Commended - Young Adult Award|2007 Coretta Scott King Award Winner - Author Award|2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee - High School Award|2007 Heartland Award Winner - Young Adult Award|2007 Society of Midland Authors Award Finalist - Children's Fiction Award|2008 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee - High School Award|2009 Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award|Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers Nominee - Young Adult Award|2009 Sequoyah Book Awards Nominee - Young Adult AwardSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCRXESM8K0
Sharon M. Draper is the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Blended, and Out of My Heart. She's won Coretta Scott King Awards for Copper Sun and Forged by Fire and multiple honors. She's also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Sharon taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. She lives in Florida. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Awards

🏆 Volunteer State Book Awards Nominee - Young Adult Award|Tayshas Reading Commended - Young Adult Award|2007 Coretta Scott King Award Winner - Author Award|2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee - High School Award|2007 Heartland Award Winner - Young Adult Award|2007 Society of Midland Authors Award Finalist - Children's Fiction Award|2008 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee - High School Award|2009 Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award|Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers Nominee - Young Adult Award|2009 Sequoyah Book Awards Nominee - Young Adult Award

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