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Sugar

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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In 1870, Reconstruction brings big changes to the Louisiana sugar plantation where spunky ten-year-old Sugar has always lived, including her friendship with Billy, the son of her former master, and the arrival of workmen from China. In the 1870s, Reconstruction brings big changes to the Louisiana sugar plantation where spunky ten-year-old Sugar has always lived, including her growing friendship with Billy, the son of her former master, and the arrival of workmen from China.

Race relationsChinese AmericansJuvenile fictionFictionReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)Plantation lifeAfrican AmericansHistorySugar workersConduct of lifeRace awarenessCulture conflict