Book
The Bitter Side of Sweet
- Published
- 2016
- Genre
- Fiction
- Pages
- 320
- Words
- 77416
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.1
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 810L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–17
Kept as forced labor on a chocolate plantation in the Ivory Coast, Amadou and his younger brother Seydou had given up hope, until a young girl arrives at the camp who rekindles the urge to escape. The plot contains profanity and violence.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780399173073
- ISBN-10
- 0399173072
Tags
ALSC NotablesContinents-AfricaFamily Life-BrothersPeople-ChildrenRealistic FictionSocial Issues-Child LaborSocial Issues-Social InequalitySocial Issues-Violence