Synopsis
Awa and her mother are slaves on a plantation where Awa collects sugar cane. The plantation owner is visited by a family from Copenhagen, where the daughter wants a black maid. Suddenly Awa finds herself far from her mother and St Thomas in Copenhagen, where she has to navigate a dual role as the mistress' confidante and servant maid - and where she is sometimes seen as a trophy and other times as a freak.
Includes historical facts at the back of the book.
Reviews
"The story is well told and exciting. It works really well to merge the fictional story with the historical facts. It's written in an easy-to-read language with plenty of space between the lines and short chapters that, together with the illustrations, make the book easy to read." – (Lektørudtalelse (Library review)
"Very well-written and authentic book (...) A recommendable book to be used both as home reading in your free time, or in a classroom context in middle school." – (bogbotten.dk)
