Thursday 2 August 2012

What is the plot of Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson?

Here is a
brief summary of , by .

Isabel is a young slave living
in the time of the Revolutionary War. She is promised freedom when her owner dies, but instead
she and her sister Ruth are purchased by the Locktons, a wealthy and cruel couple living in New
York. As she lives through her life as a slave, Isabel meets Curzon, a slave boy, who offers to
help her through the Patriots, who are fighting to free the United States from England. The
Locktons are secretly Loyalists, pretending to be Patriots so they can continue to live their
upper-class lives.

"London? Never!" exclaimed
Lockton. "England offers us...




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