The Seeds of America Trilogy: Chains (Hardcover)

from msu-rach1

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson is a YA novel that falls under the genre of historical fiction. This story takes place at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. The main character is Isabel, who is a thirteen-year-old slave. Isabel and her sister Ruth were always promised that they would gain fr...

from abbylibrarian

The year is 1776. Isabel is a slave and her mistress, Miss Mary Finch, has just died. Although Miss Mary had written in her will that upon her death Isabel and her sister Ruth would be free, the document is nowhere to be found. So Isabel and Ruth are sold to the Locktons in New York. The Locktons...

from JulieMagen

This is one of the best books I have ever read. I enjoyed it so much that I could not put it down. I cant wait to read the sequel book Forge. It is a historical fiction story written in the form of adiary. It is about a young girl that was a slave during the pre-revolutionary days in the late 170...

from BookBully

Two books ago I was reading "The Hemingses of Monticello." A great Young Adult fiction choice along the same lines is Laurie Halse Anderson's "Chains." In the past I've found that if I'm in a bit of a reading slump, nothing perks me up quicker than a wonder YA book. "Chains" fits the bill. It's w...

from ilbooklvr

Wow! It took me a while to get into this one, probably because as usual I'm reading 3 books at once. But once I did I couldn't put it down. I was rooting for Isabel the whole way and can't wait to find out what happens to her next.