Chapter+Summaries

=**Chapter Summaries**= Chapter 1: We are Introduced to the main character of the book, Amari, she is a loving family member but also acts very old for her age. Strangers come upon their village, while Besa, Amaris' love doesn't have a good feeling about them.

Chapter 2: The strangers have finally arrived, with objects the Ewe tribe has never seen before. When suddenly into about an hour of celebration the strangers attack, killing all children and elders, leaving only teenagers to face the horrors.

Chapter 3: The journey has started, they being to walk to a different city that is far away. Not only are they linked together they eat, sleep, and ext. all at once. Amari good friend Triza dies one night, and we find the strangers have no feelings towards her people.

Chapter 4: They finally arrive at the City of Cape Coast, where Amari see that African Americans(like her) walk hand in hand with white people. She then is put into a Prison where a woman named Afi helps her through the struggles have having nothing.

Chapter 5: Finally the day has come when Amari and Afi are branded and are then put into a pen where they would wait for the next step towards the new country. They are feed and washed for the long journey ahead. This is also the last time she will probably speak to Besa.

Chapter 6: They then are taken to the beach where they board smaller boats that will take them to the bigger boat that will take them across the ocean. They are forced into the water, that they have never seen before. Amari and Afi nearly drowning in the process.

Chapter 7: Soon after the woman and men were separated again. Children huddled to their mothers, and Amari huddle close to Amari, while the white men spoke a strange language to them.

Chapter 8: After about two days in the dark the sailors came down to the bottom of the boat, and brought the women back up to the top of the boat. Making them dance, laughing and pointing, but one man wasn't looking at Amari body, he was looking at her face.

Chapter 9: That same night the man who was watching Amari came and took her to his room. Their he asked her to scream, but he didn't do what you suspected. He taught her english, words meanings and how to says sentences. He was probably the only one on the boat who would do that.

Chapter 10: In this chapter the sailors take Amari and Afi for the pleasure. Amari also meets with Bill again and she starts learning more words and becomes better at english. But, a bad storm enters and

Chapter 11: The crew and slaves finally make it to the island after the long journey in this chapter. The sad part in this chapter is that Afi and Amari destiny lies on this island and they could get seperated for good.

Chapter 12: They are on the island and taking the slaves down one by one. They start to exam Afi but they get way to personal and she is just about waearing no clothes.

Chapter 13. In this chapter the slaves are taken off the boat to go to the island. Thet get fed, bathed, fixed up their wounds, and then given oil to put on their skins. Then it was Amari's turn to stand up in front of the crowd to be looked out and potentially sold.

Chapter 14: This is the first time we get to hear from a different character this time its Polly's turn to talk. She doesnt really care about the slaves but she doesnt really like them either. Amari is the first one called up and she gets bought by Mr. Derby but he doesnt want Afi. They will be seperated forever.

Chapter 15: A new character enters the story and this is Clay, he is the son of Mr. Derby. In this chapter Polly, Amari, Clay, Mr.Derby, and Noah are riding to the Derbyshire Farms. This is the plantation Mr. Derby owns. Once there he takes Polly and Amari to where they will be living for their stay at the plantation.

Chapter 16: Once they are in their living quarters 2 new characters come into the story. They are the Cook Teenie and her son Tidbit. They start talking and Polly starts saying her story and backround. Then after their long journey they both lay down to sleep.

Chapter 17: This chapter switches back to Amari and 3 months have passed by. Tidbit and Teenie start teaching them new skills. But then one night Amari is called down to Clay's room because she is his birthday present. Once there he asks, "do you like me Myna?" Amari doesnt know what to say and just says, "Yassuh."

Chapter 18: In this chapter Teenie and Amari are gardening and start talking. They start talking about their past and childhood, they both get very close with eachother.

Chapter 19: Then in this chapter Amari, Polly, and Tidbit go and get peaches for Teenie. Tidbit asks Amari all about her childhood and she starts to say all about her homeland and how her parents are dead.

Chapter 20: The same day another character enters and it is Isabelle Derby. She is the wife of Mr. Derby, she is about age 18. She is the one person on the plantation who actually cares about the slaves. She talks to Amari about Clay and how she doesnt like that relationship.

Chapter 21: Amari and Polly are sent on a job to take some rice to Cato. Cato works in the rice fields, this is where most of the African American slaves end up eventually. Once they arrive a woman working in the fields is bitten by a snake and taken to one of the caretakers.

Chapter 22: Amari and Polly were sent to serve supper to Master Derby in the big house. Amari is trips over Master Derby's leg and spills a blackberry pie. Master Derby badly whips Amari for her mistake.

Chapter 23: Amari is still in pain from being whipped, but she is slowly recovering. She still has not heard anything about her working in the rice fields.

Chapter 24: Clay comes into the kitchen and wants to use Tidbit for allegator bate. Clay brings Amari along with him and his friends to hunt the allegators. Tidbit is put in the water and swims as fast as he can so he doesn't get killed by one of the allegators. Tidbit survives.

Chapter 25: Mrs. Derby goes into labor. Mrs. Derby has the baby only for Polly and Amari to realize that the baby is African American.

Chapter 26: Teenie says that the baby is Noah's. Teenie, Polly, and Amari try to come up with a plan to hide the baby from Mr. Derby.

Chapter 27: Clay found the baby and gave it to Mr. Derby. Out of anger, Mr. Derby shot and killed Noah and the baby.

Chapter 28: Mr. Derby is deciding to sell Amari, Polly, and Tidbit for trying to hide the baby. He's selling Tidbit to punish Teenie.

Chapter 29: Teenie and Cato come up with a plan to runaway. Their plan incorporates Amari, Polly, and Tidbit to head south instead of norht to a place called Fort Mose. Fort Mose is Mexico territory and anyone who makes it there is supposed to be free.

Chapter 30: Teenie screamed with remorce as Tidbit was being taken away from her. Clay is not going with Amari, Polly, and Tidbit, because Teenie got him sick.

Chapter 31: After a long trip, Dr. Hoskins stopped the wagon and told Amari, Polly, and Tidbit that he was letting them free. They were given some foon, some coins, and a musket.

Chapter 32: Amari and Polly are debating whether to head north or south. Amari finally convinces Polly to head south to Fort Mose. While they were in the woods, Hushpuppy appeared and came to Tidbit.

Chapter 33: Amari finds these roots and feeds them to Polly, Tidbit, and herself. The roots make them very sick and they loose a day's journey. Then Amari is able to catch catfish and they eat them raw.

Chapter 34: They are forced to eat bugs to survive on their trip. One day they realized that they hadn't heard of or even seen Hushpuppy. Tidbit is sad, because he now lost his dog and his mom. Then one night Hushpuppy is able to find them and he brought a rabbit with him.

Chapter 35: A few days have passed and they feel a new energy in them. Then Clay finds them and he had been following them this whole time. They also find out that Mr. Derby had died the night they left the plantation. So, they figured that Teenie had poisoned him. Then Polly fired the gun and it nicked the side of Clay's head and the blow knocks him unconscious, so they tie him up to a tree. Then a rattlesnake comes and they leave before it bites Clay.

Chapter 36: They run into a nice boy named Nathan. He lets them stay at his house, but he hides them in the barn. Then Nathan's dad finds them in the morning and threatens to turn them in. They just barely escaped and had to hide in a swamp where the mud was up to their waists.

Chapter 37: After hiding in the swamp they decided they needed a place to stay while it rained. So, they find a little hunting shack that they stay in. Then Fiona finds them, but she's a nice lady and she takes them to her house and clothes them, feeds them, and gives them one of her wagons. Amari finds Besa at Fiona's farm, because he is one of her slaves. Amari is shocked at what has happened to him and he tells her not to love him anymore and that he has found another woman. He breaks her heart.

Chapter 38: They met a Spanish soldier that tells them the way to Fort Mose. He tells them a little bit about it, like who runs it and about how everyone is free there. The Spanish King doesn't believe in slavery.

Chapter 39: They had to cross a river on the horse that Fiona gave them. Once they get out of the water Hushpuppy starts yelping and then Amari saw the Alligator heading straight for Polly. Luckily they got out unharmed.

Chapter 40: They start the final part of their journey. They arrive at Fort Mose.

Chapter 41: They meet Inez and the Captain at Fort Mose. Then Tidbit tells them that because he is free he should be called by his real name, Timothy. They also learn that, when they are old enough, the men at the fort are put into the army, until the war is over.

Chapter 42: Inez takes Amari to their new house and Amari finds out she is bearing Clay's child. At first she didn't want to have the baby, but then she realizes that she would want her child to be born free. She also realizes that she loves the baby. THE END.