Sula

SulaSula and Nel are born in the Bottom a small town at the top of a hill. Sula is wild, and daring; she does what she wants, while Nel is well mannered, a mamma's girl with a questioning heart. Growing up they forge a bond stronger than anything, stronger even than the dark secret they have to bear. Strong enough, it seems, to last a lifetime until, decades later, as the girls become women, Sula's anarchy leads to a betrayal that may be beyond

Sula and Nel are born in the Bottom--a small town at the top of a hill. Sula is wild, and daring; she does what she wants, while Nel is well-mannered, a mamma's girl with a questioning heart. Growing up they forge a bond stronger than anything, stronger even than the dark secret they have to bear. Strong enough, it seems, to last a lifetime--until, decades later, as the girls become women, Sula's anarchy leads to a betrayal that may be beyond forgiveness.

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Masterful, richly textured, bittersweet, and vital, Sula is a modern masterpiece about love and kinship, about living in an America birthed from slavery. Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison gives life to characters who struggle with what society tells them to be, and the love they long for and crave as Black women. Most of all, they ask: When can we let go? What must we hold back? And just how much can be shared in a friendship?

Author: Toni Morrison
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/08/2004
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781400033430
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 59172 / Sula


Review Citation(s):
Ebony 09/01/2004 pg. 30

About the Author
Toni Morrison is the author of eleven novels, from The Bluest Eye (1970) to God Help the Child (2015). She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She died in 2019.