Chains
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780747598060
Subjects: Social conditions; Fiction; Women slaves; History
Description: "New York, 1776. As the American Revolutionary War rages, a thirteen-year-old girl pursues her own fight ... for freedom. Isabel and her sister, Ruth, are slaves who are sold to a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons. ... Determined to break Isabel's spirit, Mrs Lockton commits an unthinkable act of cruelty, one that will ensure Isabel embarks on the biggest and most perilous adventure of her life. Isabel will need all her strength to survive. Can she break the chains the are holding her and find a better life?"--Back cover. Suggested level: secondary.
Notes: Originally published: 2009.