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When Christopher Columbus and his crew first sailed into the waters of the Caribbean they were awed by the sight of the beautiful islands. Columbus described hills covered with brilliant green trees, criss-crossed by rushing streams and rivers, and sloping down to the sugar white sands of the beaches. He and his men had come looking for gold and spices and new lands to settle, but the islands they found did not yield large amounts of gold. Instead these islands would eventually yield a different kind of gold—the kind that grew out of the ground and eventually sweetened the beverages and desserts of people all across the world. Sugar cane brought sweet profits to the Caribbean planters who would later settle the islands. But this profit came at a high price for the men, women, and children who worked on the plantations. This 2,500-word middle-grade nonfiction book tells the story of Caribbean sugar. (Available in all e-formats)