By Sharon M Draper (2008)
Multicultural Fiction
It’s hard being a teenager. Now imagine being ripped away
from everything you know, shipped half way across the world like cargo, sold as
a slave, and raped nightly by your master’s son. Amari could have never
fathomed the turn her life would take when strangers with “skin the color of
goat’s milk” walked into her village. Many times she’d question whether she had
the strength to continue on – whether it was even worth it when everything she loved
had been taken from her.
“Long as you remember, chile, ain’t nothin’ really gone.”
This Coretta Scott King Award Winner will break your heart
then piece it back together again as this young heroine teaches a lesson about
suffering, strength, and hanging on to hope.
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