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Chains / Laurie Halse Anderson. --
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
Record details
- ISBN: 1416905863 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781416905868 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 316 p. --
- Edition: 1st Atheneum Books for Young Readers pbk. ed. --
- Publisher: New York ; Simon & Schuster Children's Pub., 2010, c2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Atheneum Books for Young Readers." "Reading group guide inside"--Cover. |
| Target Audience Note: | "Ages 10 up"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 10.99 |
| Awards Note: | Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction |
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. Spy stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | J FIC Ander | 31681020041729 | JFIC | Available | - |
- Simon and Schuster
From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling first novel in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual.
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.
