THE BITTER SIDE OF SWEET - SULLIVAN, TARA

from Beamis12

The dark underbelly of the chocolate industry, an indulgence many of us can't live without. Well, personally I can, I'm more into 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...

from KarenZunckel

The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan is a brutal glimpse into the 'dark side of chocolate' that graphically reveals how children are sold and kidnapped into slavery. The market chain, much like poaching syndicates, mean that big business and the middlemen are the only ones to profit while th...

from lilibrarian

Amadou and his younger brother Seydou, left their home and family in Mali two years ago to work and earn money. Now Amadou is 15, Seydou is 8, and they have spent the last two years as slave labor on a cacao plantation. When a girl is suddenly dropped off on the plantation, Amadou finds himself h...

from DeltaQueen50

In The Bitter Side of Sweet, author Tara Sullivan tells the story of three children who escape virtual slavery as they break away from the Ivory Coast cacao farm where they have been forced to work. Amadou and his younger brother, Seydou have been in captivity for two years but the newcomer, a fe...

from beckyhaase

THE BITTER SIDE OF SWEET by Tara Sullivan This middle school novel tells the story of three children caught in the cacao industry in the Ivory Coast. Although hard to read because of the brutal treatment of the children, the book tells a worthwhile story. The three children of the story are two b...