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The Bitter Side of Sweet
Contributor(s): Sullivan, Tara (Author)

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ISBN: 0399173072     ISBN-13: 9780399173073
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE: $15.29  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Africa
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Violence
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2015038251
Age Level: 12-UP
Grade Level: 7-UP
Lexile Measure: 810(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" L (1.00 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Maps, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 11/30/2015
Booklist 12/01/2015 pg. 53
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2016 pg. 104
School Library Journal 01/01/2016 pg. 110
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2016
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2016 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
BookPage 03/01/2016
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 179548
Reading Level: 5.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 12.0
 
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Publisher Description:

For fans of Linda Sue Park and A Long Way Gone, 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 Moke 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.

Tara Sullivan, the award-winning author of the astounding Golden Boy, delivers another powerful, riveting, and moving tale of children fighting to make a difference and be counted. Inspired by true-to-life events happening right now, The Bitter Side of Sweet is an exquisitely written tour de force not to be missed.

 
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