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Copper sun

Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.

Main Author:	Draper, Sharon M.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Slavery > Young adult fiction. Indentured servants > Young adult fiction. African Americans > History > 18th century > Young adult fiction. South Carolina > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Young adult fiction. Florida > History > Spanish colony, 1565-1763 > Young adult fiction.

Summary:	Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
Physical Description:	302 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-[306]).
ISBN:	0689821816 9781416953487
Author Notes:	Sharon M. Draper was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 21, 1952. She taught high school English for twenty-five years and received numerous honors including Ohio Teacher of the Year and the NCNW Excellence in Teaching Award. She has also written numerous books including Romiette and Julio, Darkness before Dawn, Double Dutch, and the Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs series. She is a a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary Award for Copper Sun, Forged by Fire, Tears of a Tiger, The Battle of Jericho, and November Blues. Her title Out of My Mind made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography)

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