Chains |
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Author:
| Anderson, Laurie Halse |
ISBN: | 978-1-4104-1425-0 |
Publication Date: | May 2009 |
Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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A New York Times Bestselling Author, A National Book Award Finalist --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 who have no sympathy for the Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. Then a slave with ties to the Patriots...
More DescriptionA New York Times Bestselling Author, A National Book Award Finalist --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 who have no sympathy for the Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. Then a slave with ties to the Patriots encourages Isabel to spy on her owners.