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[Pages:180]COPPER SUN

Also by Sharon M. Draper Tears of a Tiger Forged by Fire Darkness Before Dawn Romiette and Julio Double Dutch The Battle of Jericho November Blues

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

SIMON PULSE An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Copyright ? 2006 by Sharon M. Draper All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. SIMON PULSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Also available in an Atheneum Books for Young Readers hardcover edition. Designed by Sonia Chaghatzbanian The text of this book was set in Life. First Simon Pulse edition January 2008 The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) Copper sun / Sharon M. Draper.--1st ed. p. cm. 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 Mose, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves. ISBN-13: 978-0-689-82181-3 (hc) ISBN-10: 0-689-82181-6 (hc) [1. Slavery--Fiction. 2. Indentured servants--Fiction. 3. South Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600?1775--Fiction. 4. Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1565?1763--Fiction. 5. African Americans--History--18th century--Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.D78325Cop 2006 [Fic]--dc22 2005005540 ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-5348-7 (pbk) ISBN-10: 1-4169-5348-5 (pbk) ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-1511-4 (ebook)

CONTENTS

Author's Note

Part One: Amari Chapter 1: Amari and Besa Chapter 2: Strangers and Death Chapter 3: Sorrow and Shackles Chapter 4: Death March to Cape Coast Chapter 5: The Door of No Return Chapter 6: From Sand To Ship Chapter 7: Ship of Death Chapter 8: Toward The Edge of The World Chapter 9: Lessons--Painful and Otherwise Chapter 10: The Middle Passage Chapter 11: Land Ho Chapter 12: Welcome to Sullivan's Island Chapter 13: The Slave Auction

Part Two: Polly Chapter 14: The Slave Sale Chapter 15: Polly and Clay Chapter 16: Teenie and Tidbit

Part Three: Amari Chapter 17: Amari and Adjustments Chapter 18: Roots and Dirt Chapter 19: Peaches and Memories Chapter 20: Isabelle Derby

Part Four: Polly Chapter 21: Rice and Snakes

Chapter 22: Lashed With a Whip

Part Five: Amari Chapter 23: Flery Pain and Healinc Hands Chapter 24: Gator Bait

Part Six: Polly Chapter 25: Birth of The Baby Chapter 26: Facing Mr. Derby Chapter 27: Death in the Dust Chapter 28: Punishment Chapter 29: Locked in the Smokehouse Chapter 30: Tidbit's Farewell

Part Seven: Amari Chapter 31: The Doctor's Choice Chapter 32: The Journey Begins Chapter 33: Deep in the Forest Chapter 34: Lost Hush Puppy Chapter 35: Dirt and Clay

Part Eight: Polly Chapter 36: Should We Trust Him?

Part Nine: Amari Chapter 37: Lost and Found and Lost

Part Ten: Polly Chapter 38: The Spanish Soldier

Part Eleven: Amari Chapter 39: Crossing The River Chapter 40: Time To Meet The Future Chapter 41: Fort Mose Chapter 42: Copper Sun

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