Sugar
$24.00
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2014
Summary
Ten-year-old Sugar lives on the River Road sugar plantation along the banks of the Mississippi. Slavery is over, but laboring in the fields all day doesn’t make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar has a knack for finding her own fun, especially when she joins forces with forbidden friend Billy, the white plantation owner’s son.
Sugar has always yearned to learn more about the world, and she sees her chance when Chinese workers are brought in to help harvest the cane. The older River…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316043069 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316043060 |
| Author: | Jewell Parker Rhodes |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 132mm x 193mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for SUGAR: “[Rhodes’] prose shines, reading with a spare lyricism that flows naturally. All Sugar’s hurt, longing, pain and triumph shine through….A magical story of hope.” - Kirkus, starred review “Sugar is superbly trumphant – both heroine and story. This glorious mainstay opens an underrepresented chapter in American history.” - Rita Williams Garcia, Newbery Honor author of One Crazy Summer “Sugar is sweet. Sugar is sharp. Sugar is to be savored. With nuanced storytelling, Jewell Parker Rhodes vividly portrays the brutality of the times, as well as the triumphs that arise when a community comes together. Those who read Sugar will be inspired to search deep within themselves to find the true meanings of friendship and freedom.” - Andrea Davis Pinkney, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award
About The Author
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jewell Parker Rhodes is the recipient of a Yaddo Creative Writing Fellowship and the National Endowment of the Arts Award in Fiction. She is professor of creative writing and American literature and Director of the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Arizona State University. She lives in Phoenix, AZ.
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