Sugar

De: Jewell Parker Rhodes

Narrado por: Bahni Turpin

Audie Award Finalist, Children's Titles for Ages 8-12, 2014

For Sugar, life is anything but sweet.

Ten-year-old Sugar lives on River Road Plantation along the banks of the Mississippi River. Slavery is over, but working in the sugarcane fields all day doesn’t make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar knows how to make her own fun, telling stories, climbing trees, and playing with forbidden friend Billy, the plantation owner’s son. Then a group of Chinese workers arrives to help harvest the cane. Sugar wants to know everything about them - she loves the way they dress, their unfamiliar language, and, best of all, the stories they tell of dragons and emperors. Unfortunately, other folks on the plantation feel differently - they’re fearful of these new neighbors and threatened by their different customs. Sugar knows things will only get better if everyone works together, so she sets out to help the two communities realize they’re not so different after all. Sugar is the inspiring story of a strong, spirited young girl who grows beyond her circumstances and helps others work toward a brighter future.

©2013 Jewell Parker Rhodes (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Memorable performance

Both the book itself and this particular reading were commendable. I've seldom heard a more appropriate and effective reader for the content.

wonderful story

Sugar Sugar Sugar. The Book was hard to stop reading, didn't want the story to end.

by 9 year old girl

It was a good story. I liked how it was about freedom and friendship even if you have different colored skin.

Sugar

This was a good book. And I hope that
more people will listen to it.

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Wonderful narration voice in telling of a compelling story. Bringing to life a history not usually told.