Chains

The Resource Chains
Label
Chains
Statement of responsibility
Laurie Halse Anderson
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • When their owner dies at the start of the Revolution, Isabel and her younger sister are sold to Loyalists in New York, where Isabel is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots
  • If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight ... for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty is available to the bidder who can provide her with freedom. From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual
Member of
Cataloging source
B@L
Dewey number
[Fic]
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 10 up
Interest level
MG
LC call number
PZ7.A54385
LC item number
Ch 2011
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Reading level
5.2
Series statement
Seeds of America
Study program name
Accelerated Reader
Target audience
pre adolescent
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