5/23/2023 0 Comments Chains anderson![]() ![]() ![]() Anderson doesn’t sugar-coat the cruelties of slavery and war, but she doesn’t go overboard with graphic descriptions either. The passages from relevant historical documents at the beginning of every chapter were informative and paved the way for further research. When Ruth is sold and shipped to the West Indies, Isabel finds herself locked in a battle with the cruel Madame Lockton - a war as fierce as the one being fought between the Patriots and the British and every bit as deadly.Īnderson’s novel is geared toward middle-grade readers, but there is much for adults to admire as well. Isabel is determined to secure their freedom, and she foolishly believes a fellow slave, Curzon, when he tells her that his master would be able to help in exchange for information about the Locktons’ involvement in plots against General Washington and his troops. The girls are sold to a Loyalist couple, the Locktons, and taken to New York City shortly before it is invaded by the British in 1776. The novel follows 13-year-old Isabel, a slave denied the freedom promised to her and her younger sister, Ruth, when their owner died. ![]() But she could no longer harm Ruth, and she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her.Ĭhains is the first book in Laurie Halse Anderson’s Seeds of America series set during the Revolutionary War. But what was one more beating? A flogging, even? I would bleed, or not. ![]()
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