Draper (Author), & 2 more 1,365 ratings Teachers pick See all formats and editions Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Fifteen-year-old Amari witnesses the murder of her family and the destruction of her remote African village. But if the accuracy of the historical details lends the book its heft, it’s the authenticity of Amari’s voice that truly makes it sing. Copper Sun Audible Audiobook Unabridged Sharon M. Her fidelity to history ensures that even the most distressing parts of Amari’s story-and there are many-never feel gratuitous. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Draper, who writes in an author’s note that she is the granddaughter of a slave, did exhaustive research to ensure the book’s accuracy, and she describes the brutality of the slave trade in uncommonly graphic detail for a young adult audience. Draper is a three-time New York Times bestselling author and a recipient of the Margaret A. There, she befriends a white indentured servant, and together they attempt to escape. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Copper Sun, Draper, Sharon M.

Amari watches as her parents and younger brother are brutally murdered before she is forced onto a ship, taken to South Carolina and sold to a plantation owner. Copper Sun Characters Next Amari Amari Amari is one of the novel’s protagonists she’s a 15-year-old young woman from the Ewe tribe in Western Africa. Draper and published in 2006, chronicles the story of 15-year-old Amari, whose life is forever changed when her village in Africa is invaded by slave traders. Copper Sun, a Coretta Scott King Award-winning historical novel written by Sharon M.

Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper