The Bitter Side of Sweet Pdf Summary
Two young boys must escape a life of slavery in modern-day Ivory Coast
Fifteen-year-old Amadou counts the things that matter. For two years what has mattered are the number of cacao pods he and his younger brother, Seydou, can chop down in a day. This number is very important. The higher the number the safer they are because the bosses won’t beat them. The higher the number the closer they are to paying off their debt and returning home to Baba and Auntie. Maybe. The problem is Amadou doesn’t know how much he and Seydou owe, and the bosses won’t tell him. The boys only wanted to make some money during the dry season to help their impoverished family. Instead they were tricked into forced labor on a plantation in the Ivory Coast; they spend day after day living on little food and harvesting beans in the hot sun—dangerous, backbreaking work. With no hope of escape, all they can do is try their best to stay alive—until Khadija comes into their lives.
She’s the first girl who’s ever come to camp, and she’s a wild thing. She fights bravely every day, attempting escape again and again, reminding Amadou what it means to be free. But finally, the bosses break her, and what happens next to the brother he has always tried to protect almost breaks Amadou. The old impulse to run is suddenly awakened. The three band together as family and try just once more to escape.
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About Tara Sullivan Author Of The Bitter Side of Sweet pdf Book
Tara Sullivan Author Of The Bitter Side of Sweet pdf Book is an award-winning author of Young Adult novels that address contemporary human rights issues. Born in India, she spent her childhood in Bangladesh, Ecuador, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic. She received a BA in Spanish literature and cognitive science from the University of Virginia, and a MA/MPA in Latin American studies/nonprofit management from Indiana University. Her debut, GOLDEN BOY, won the 2014 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Award, and was selected as a best book of the year by YALSA, Kirkus Reviews and the Wall Street Journal. Her second novel, THE BITTER SIDE OF SWEET, won the 2017 Children’s Africana Book Award: Honor and was an ALSC Notable Children’s Book of 2017. Tara lives and writes in Massachusetts. Check out her newest book, TREASURE OF THE WORLD, and find out more at:
The Bitter Side of Sweet pdf, Paperback, Hardcover Book Information
- Publisher : G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (February 23, 2016)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0399173072
- ISBN-13 : 978-0399173073
- Reading age : 12 years and up
- Lexile measure : 810L
- Grade level : 7 – 9
- Item Weight : 15.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.88 x 1.06 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #783,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #272 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Social & Family Violence (Books)
- #1,148 in Teen & Young Adult Survival Stories
- #1,815 in Teen & Young Adult Social Issues
- Customer Reviews: 4.6 out of 5 stars 182 ratings
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