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Violence
Some
Slavery violence; deaths; plantation cruelty
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual exploitation of enslaved women; adult content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of slavery, survival, and the dignity earned through storytelling
What this book is about
Levy's 2010 Booker-shortlisted novel is narrated by July, an elderly Jamaican woman who reluctantly tells the story of her life as a house slave on a sugar plantation during the final years of slavery in Jamaica. Dark, witty, and moving. For older teens and adults.
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Slavery
Sexual exploitation
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