![]() ![]() ![]() I really appreciated this book because it was written about a time period and a place that hasn't received much coverage in children's literature. Her spunkiness and curiosity in the story is the way young readers will make a connection to the history. Her ability to make friends and share stories with both groups s hows the intimacy of relationships on these small plantations, and how racial dividing lines were not as clear cut as the laws required. Sugar makes friends with the son of the white plantation owner and she also develops a friendship with the Chinese men who have come to work at the plantation. In order to supplement the labor force, the plantation owner has brought in several men from China to help cut the sugar cane. Sugar is one of the few children located on a sugar plantation in Mississippi after the Civil War. (Middle-grade reading level - no content concerns) ![]()
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