The bitter side of sweet
They 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. For two years what has mattered are the number of cacao pods Amadou and his younger brother, Seydou, can chop down in a day. Th...
| Main Author: | Sullivan, Tara (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
2016.
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| Summary: |
They 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. For two years what has mattered are the number of cacao pods Amadou and his younger brother, Seydou, can chop down in a day. Then Khadija comes, the first girl who has ever come to camp, and she's a wild thing. She fights, but the bosses break her. Now the three band together as family and try just once more to escape. |
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| Physical Description: |
299 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (page 305). |
| ISBN: |
9780399173073 (hardback) 0399173072 (hardback) |
| Author Notes: |
Tara Sullivan is the author of the award-winning and critically acclaimed Golden Boy . She was born in India and spent her childhood living in Bangladesh, Ecuador, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic with her parents, who were international aid workers. She received a BA in Spanish literature and cognitive science from the University of Virginia, and an MA in Latin American Studies and an MPA in nonprofit management from Indiana University. She currently lives with her family in Massachusetts. |