The Bitter Side of Sweet

Posted on 24 March 2018 by Tara Sullivan

Two young boys must escape a life of slavery in modern day Ivory CoastFifteen year old Amadou counts the things that matter For two years what has mattered are the number of cacao pods he and his younger brother, Seydou, can chop down in a day This number is very important The higher the number the safer they are because the bosses won t beat them The higher the number the closer they are to paying off their debt and returning home to Baba and Auntie Maybe The problem is Amadou doesn t know how much he and Seydou owe, and the bosses won t tell him The boys only wanted to make some money during the dry season to help their impoverished family Instead they were tricked into forced labor on a plantation in the Ivory Coast they spend day after day living on little food and harvesting beans in the hot sun dangerous, backbreaking work With no hope of escape, all they can do is try their best to stay alive until Khadija comes into their lives She s the first girl who s ever come to camp, and she s a wild thing She fights bravely every day, attempting escape again and again, reminding Amadou what it means to be free But finally, the bosses break her, and what happens next to the brother he has always tried to protect almost breaks Amadou The old impulse to run is suddenly awakened The three band together as family and try just once to escape. New Download [ The Bitter Side of Sweet ] by [ Tara Sullivan ] – kino-fada.fr The dark underbelly of the chocolate industry, an indulgence many of us can t live without Well, personally I can, I minto salty snacks, seems like you are either one or the other Anyway apparently 40% of the cocoa pods are harvested on the Ivory coast of Africa, large farms and harvested by children in slave conditions This is the story of three of them Amadou is 13, his brother Seydou only six when they leave their home in Mali to, work on on...Fast paced and engaging story about the dark side of the chocolate industry For 12 up I don t count how many trees we pass because I don t count the things that don t matter I don t count unripe pods I don t count how many times I ve been hit for being under quota I don t count how many days it s been since I ve given up hope of going home Two years ago, Amadou 15 and his brother Seydou 8 left their home in Mali to find a seasonal job and earn money for their family Instead, the Fast paced and engaging story about the dark side of the chocolate industry For 12 up I don t count how many trees we pass because I don t count the things that don t matter I don t count unripe pods I don t count how many times I ve been hit for being under quota I don t count how many days it s been since I ve given up hope of going home Two years ago, Amadou 15 and his brother Seydou 8 left their home in Mali to find a seasonal job and earn money for the...I love chocolate and eat some just about every day Like most people, I never really gave much thought to where it comes from I really had no idea I do now, and it gives me grief to know what so many child workers, who are basically slaves, go through to harvest those cacao pods so we can all have a candy bar or a cup of cocoa, something they may never get to enjoy in their possibly short life, since most of them are beaten, starved, and overworked 7 days a week I will keep eating chocolate, I love chocolate and eat some just about every day Like most people, I never really gave much thought to where it comes from I really had no idea I do now, and it gives me grief to know what so many child workers, who are basically slaves, go through to harvest those cacao pods so we can all have a candy bar or a cup of cocoa, something they may never get to enjoy in their possibly short life, since most of them are beat...It was kind of sad, but very goodUnbelievably good book I couldn t put it down and read into the wee hours of the morning to finish it Such a gripping tale of two brothers forced to work on a cacao farm harvesting the cacao pods The treatment of these k...Would recommend for realistic fiction lovers, those who are interested in different parts of the world, and young social activists The story of Amadou, Seydou, and Khadijah is striking and brings to light the untold horrors of the ch...I love Golden Boy, but it s always a bit of a hard sell I usually have to explain what albino means, and then why Habo is threatened as an albino in Tanzania, and by that point the kids have given up The idea of hunting a child as a magical talisman is just such a foreign situation Bitter Side of Sweet won t have that problem It s about kids who work as slaves on a chocolate farm, until their daring escape is a quick soundbite for standing by the shelves Not all middle schoolers want t...Amadou and Seydou have been sent by their family to work on a cacao farm, but once they are there, they are mistreated and no money is sent to their family They are regularly beaten for not picking their quota, and Seydou, who is only 8, is badly wounded in an accident With the help of Khadija, an educated girl from the city who is also brought to the farm, the brothers escape and make it back to Khadija s mother, who is trying to expose the horrors of the chocolate industry It is because of Amadou and Seydou have been sent by their family to work on a cacao farm, but once they are there, they are mistreated and no money is sent to their family They are regularly beaten for not picking their quota, and Seydou, who is only 8, is badly wounde...Amadou and Seydou are two young Malian brothers enslaved on a cacao farm on Africa s Ivory Coast, the origin of much of the world s chocolate trade When another kidnapped worker arrives, the first girl among the enslaved children, her wildcat tendencies challenge the overseers and lead to horrific consequences for the children Although clearly written for younger readers, author Tara Sullivan masterfully conveys the brutality of the children s situation without being graphic Terrible things Amadou and Seydou are two young Malian brothers enslaved on a cacao farm on Africa s Ivory Coast, the origin of much of the world s chocolate trade When another kidnapped worker arrives, the first girl among the enslaved children, her wildcat tendencies challenge the overseers and lead to horrific consequences for the children Although clearly written for younger readers, author Ta...I had a love hate 90% love, 10% hate relationship with this book The reason for hate The Bitter Side of Sweet was SO sad I even cried once and almost cried a billion times But, there were so many amazing things in this book Once I would start reading, I coul...

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24 March 2018

Tara Sullivan