Copper Sun By: Sharon Draper
Introductory
Character list
Setting
Conflict
Important Quotes
Themes
Visual Representation
Discussion Questions
Vocabulary
Dear Reader Letter
Dear Author Letter
Amari
is a strong 15-year-old slave, and the main character who experiences the horrors of slavery.
Teenie
is the mother of Tidbit , and strong woman who helps the children adjust to slave working life.
Mrs. Derby
is a very nice affectionate woman and she is Mr. Derby’s young, second wife she also gets pregnant by Noah, who she really loves.
Nathan
is a kind young man who helps the children along their journey.
Noah
is a caring, strong young man who is in love with, and impregnates Ms. D mother a sweet wife, and mother who is murdered during the capture.
Polly
is an indentured servant of Mr. Derby's who becomes the best friend of Amari. She protects Amari on their way to Fort Mose.
Besa
"Buck" is a drummer from Amari's village and her fiance who becomes a slave after being captured.
Clay
is Mr. Derby's son who gets Amari pregnant and is left tied to a tree by the children as a rattlesnake is hissing toward him.
Mr. Derby
is the slave master that passes his point of view down to his son Clay.
Kwasi
is Amari's precocious little brother who dies shortly after the massacre by getting speared.
Komla
Amari and Kwasi's father is the village storyteller who was murdered during the capture.
Tidbit
is a child with a huge imagination and is also the son of Teenie. He loves Hushpuppy, his dog, very much and hates the thought of leaving him.