This is a sad story to read by yourself. It is written by Sharon M Draper. This is a really good novel to read and to teach the class about slavery. The ship and the village play a big role in the story. In the novel the setting of the ship and Amari’s village have similarities and differences.
The many differences in the novel between the village and the ship. One difference is that the ship is on water. Other differences between the village and ship is that there are a lot of white people on that boat but none in Amari’s village. They also get abused a lot on the boat but in her peaceful village she doesn’t get abused. The boat also didn’t throw