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"Copper Sun is unlike anything I've ever written. It is the book of my heart, the book of my spirit." - Sharon Draper

How is one supposed to react when light skinned strangers enter your home, pick out the healthiest and strongest among your tribe (including yourself), drag them aboard a ship to be sent to an unknown land, and murder those who don’t make the cut? Amari is faced with this horror when she is beaten, branded, and forced upon a slave ship bound from her home in Africa to become a slave in America. Aboard the ship, Amari faces horrors that she had never imagined possible— torturous conditions that force the fifteen-year-old girl to think of nothing but the possibility of freedom. When she befriends a white indentured servant, around her age, the two begin to plot their possible escape to freedom. There is a reason this astounding novel has won countless awards, including the 2007 Coretta Scott King Author Award. Switching between the perspectives of slave-girl Amari and indentured servant Polly, Draper captivates her readers with a detailed account of the atrocities Africans faced in the slave trade and American slavery that is certain to leave a lasting impact.

This blog will provide insight into Sharon Draper and her stupendous novel Copper Sun. Follow the pages to read more about the author, the plot and themes of the novel, who this book is recommended for and why, as well as other interesting insights into this amazing piece of work.