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Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Also by Laurie Halse Anderson:

The Impossible Knife Of Memory, January 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Chains, January 2010
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Speak, April 2006
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CHAINS
By: Laurie Halse Anderson

Seeds of America #3
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
January 2010
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Featuring: Isabel
ISBN: 1416905863
EAN: 9781416905868
Kindle: B002WEPFES
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Historical | Childrens

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.