![]() ![]() ![]() 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. 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. But since the will is missing, Isabel can’t prove she’s. ![]() Miss Finch stipulated in her will that the girls would be freed upon her death. Chains also received the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and Laurie was chosen for. Thirteen-year-old Isabel and her five-year-old sister, Ruth, are enslavedbut Isabel believes they’ll be free, since the girls’ owner, Miss Mary Finch, has just died. Two of her books, Chains and Speak, were National Book Award finalists. Her work has earned numerous ALA and state awards. 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. Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ.įrom 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.Ī National Book Award 2008 Finalist for Young People's Literature and the American Library Association Notable Children's Books winner.Īs the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight.for freedom. ![]() Dust jacket rubbed at spine ends, faint toning. Binding tight, square, internally fine, unmarked. ![]()
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