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The Bitter Side of Sweet

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Fifteen-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 essential. The higher the number the safer they are because the bosses would possibly not beat them. The higher the number the closer they are to paying off their debt and returning home to Moke and Auntie. Maybe. The problem is, Amadou doesn’t know how much he and Seydou owe, and the bosses would possibly not tell him. The boys only wanted to make some money throughout the dry season to help their impoverished family. Instead they were tricked into forced labor on a plantation in the Ivory Coast. With no hope of escape, all they are able to 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 each day, attempting escape over and over again, reminding Amadou what it means to be free. But in any case, the bosses break her, and what happens next to the brother he has all the time tried to offer protection to almost breaks Amadou. The old impulse to run is suddenly awakened. The three band together as family and check out just once more to escape.

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