04077cam a2200613 4500 513546108 TxAuBib 20210720120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780698184299 0698184297 B00Y9HIN86 Amazon 7669f523-096a-48ca-8379-1e7e60f7bef5 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2232419 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Sullivan, Tara. The Bitter Side of Sweet [Libby]. Penguin Young Readers Group, 2016. human rights. Africa. YA. African history. teen books. Young adult fiction. Young Adult. Adventure. survival. African experience. adventure books. ivory coast. young adult books. tween books for girls ages 11-14. books for 12 year old boys. teen fiction books. teen books for boys. books for 12 year old girls. books for 13 year old boys. books for 13 year old girls. books for 14 year old girls. books for boys age 12-14. books for 14 year old boys. realistic fiction books for kids 9-12. books for 7th grade boys. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1718kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1094kB. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:<p><b>For fans of Linda Sue Park and <i>A Long Way Gone</i>, two young boys must escape a life of slavery in modern-day Ivory Coast<br /></b><br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> Tara Sullivan, the award-winning author of the astounding <i>Golden Boy</i>, 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, <i>The Bitter Side of Sweet</i> is an exquisitely written tour de force not to be missed.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-09-20 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7669f523-096a-48ca-8379-1e7e60f7bef5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7669f523-096a-48ca-8379-1e7e60f7bef5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7669f523-096a-48ca-8379-1e7e60f7bef5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)