<h4><strong style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Intercultural Exchange and Hope Take Center Stage in Jewell Parker Rhodes’s&nbsp;<em>Sugar</em></strong></h4>

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Get ready to explore Sugar and its meaning. Our full analysis and study guide provides an even deeper dive with character analysis and quotes explained to help you discover the complexity and beauty of this book.

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In Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes, a resilient 10-year-old girl named Sugar is a catalyst for cultural empathy in Reconstruction-era Louisiana.

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