Catreece+Tatum

= Copper Sun By: Sharon M. Draper  = Copper Sun is about a young African girl, Amari, that is being taken away by foreigners. The Africans believed that these people would be friends with them but, when they started destroying their land and killing their people the Africans didnt know what to do. They all were treated like "dogs". They got forced onto a ship with chains and whipped. If you would like to know what happens throughout the rest of the book and you like historical fiction books... you should read this great book.

= Sharon M. Draper = Sharon M. Draper, born on August 21, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio and is recongized as an excellent writer, teacher and poet. Sharon Draper has been honored with several awards, including "Teacher of the Year" both national and in Ohio and five Coretta Scott King Literary Award. Sharon Draper was an highschool english teacher for more than 20 years. She taught at Walnut Hill High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her first book was published in 1994 and she still writes books that are interesting for teenagers, tween girls and for juvenile kids. She was a dreamer and her dreams influenced her writing. Sharon Draper, from my exprience, is a wonderful lady. I have met her and spoken to her sereval times. She is always there to be a motivator.

=** Other Works By (Sharon M. Draper)  **=

The Hazelwood Trilogy
Tears of A Tiger Forged By Fire Dawn Before Darkness

Jericho Trilogy
//Battle of Jericho// //November Blues// //Just Another Hero// (Newest Release)

Other Young Adult Books
Romiette & Julio Double Dutch Fire From the Rock We Beat The Streets Out Of My Mind (Newest Release)

= Social Issue (Human Trafficking) = = __Human Trafficking: The illegal trade in human beings for the purpose of commerical sexual exploitation or forcd labor: a modern-day form of slavery.__ =

Human trafficking is an illegal action. Human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for the purpose of commerical sexual exploitiation or forced labor: a modern day form of slavery. All throughout the worli human trafficking goes on. People are being arrested for these actions and it is the people that are being forced to do it that are being arrested. It is ashame that people will still try to take over people for the benefit of themselves. People have fought for this freedom but still today SLAVERY IS GOING ON! Slavery isn't just the forced labor on African American men and women, it is forced labor on any human being. If I were to walk up to you and say I was going to make you work and put a gun to yoour head that would be a form af slavery because it is forced. These people that are being forced to sell their body or forced into labor know that this isn't right but yet they let it go on. Why are they letting it go on? Now i understand they might be scared but they should stand up and do what they believe in. If it weren't gor so many people in history doing what they believed in we would not be where we are now. And I can say that being a young African American lady. If it wasn't for Dr. Martin Luther King we would still be getting kicked out of resturants and kicked to the back of the bus. Human Trafficking is an serious issue and we need to do something tio stop it. -Catreece Tatum = **Human Trafficking Statistics**= =**More Information**= =**Hotline**= National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a national, toll free hotline. 24/7 every day of the year. =**1(888)3737-888**= //**(I Know It Look Wierd But Thats How It Was Typed On The Offical Website.)**//
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= Dramation﻿  = **Amari:**I would chose Whoppi because she did a really good job in //Color Purple// and would do the part of Amari well.

=About The Reader ( Catreece Tatum **)**=

My name is Catreece Tatum, born September 3rd, 1996 in Cincinnati,Ohio. I just turned 14 years old and I am in the 9th grade. I am the oldest of four kids. I have two sisters (D'Nyah and Arielle) and one brother (Devin). I enjoy reading poetry, writing poetry, acting, singing and dancing. I am an "A","B" student and my highest GPA was a 4.0. I love reading African American Realistic Fiction books. My favorite author is Sharon M. Draper. I have met her before and she was my father's senior year english teacher at Walnut Hills High School. I've had a poem published on a book before at the age of 10 in the 6th grade. In my spare time I tend to sing and dance all the time. Most of the time I go shop with my friends and watch movies at the theater. I also try to help my mother out as much as I can with her being sick and working long hours. I enjoy doing all this things even when im tired. I am a very humble, nice and caring young indivisional.