Children of Sugarcane Ages 9 and up Sometimes they’ll make you want

Sometimes they’ll make you want to look away

A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories celebrates a rich storytelling tradition and will be cherished by readers for years to come

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Children of Sugarcane Ages 9 and up Sometimes they’ll make you wantVividly set against the backdrop of 19th century India and the British owned sugarcane plantations of Natal, written with great tenderness and lyricism, Children of Sugarcane paints an intimate and wrenching picture of indenture told from a womans perspective. Shanti, a bright teenager stifled by life in rural India and facing an arranged marriage, dreams that South Africa is an opportunity to start afresh. The Colony of Natal is where Shanti believes