The book Copper Sun by Sharon Draper is a book about an enslaved girl named Amari. Amari is a girl in a small village who gets enslaved and took on a ship full of slaves. Amaris ex boyfriend that she still cares about gets beat on the ship right in front of her eyes which hurt her inside. Many of other girls were raped but Amari made friends with a guy that works on the ship and she thought she was going to be raped but he vented to her about his feelings and even taught her some english which made Amari happy. Amari saw many other girls crying because they know they are going to be raped or already have been raped and Amari was hoping she would be picked by that guy more so she wouldn’t have to be raped. In the novel there are many similarities
