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Sugar Changed the World

a Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
Nov 07, 2012acritics rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This was the one book on the YALSA Nonfiction Award list that fell flat for me. The information was interesting enough, and I did learn things. But the tone was inconsistent. I could really tell that it was written by two people. Their voices didn’t always blend well. It often felt a bit like reading a textbook or sitting in a lecture. I felt like I was being taught, not told a story.