Monday, May 24, 2010

Chaines

Chains is written by Laurie Hales Anderson. This story takes place in the American Revolution in NY and Rhode Island in this time slavery was legal. The main character in this book is a girl named Isabel how is a slave. She and her sister are trying to service in a mansion ruined cruel woman. Madam Lockton is an evil old hag how hates Isabel for talking back. She work Isabel really hard and she enjoys it to. That hag even got Isabel’s face branded. The author can tell you what Isabel and her sister had to go throw when they were with madam.
The story starts out with slaves named Isabel how is 11 and Ruth 3 years younger. They use to live in long island but their last master died so they were sold to some family named Locktons which were people that live at New York and now they’re going throw a hard time.
When they got to New York there were solders and patriots ever where. There was another slave named Curzon that helps Isabel and her sister out. His master asks Isabel to help the revolution solders by spying on her masters because they were spies. One night Isabel attacked madam because she sold her sister she went to the army guys but they didn’t help her. She got into court and was found guilty and she was branded with the letter I.
People read this book because its good and it makes you wonder if this was base on a true story in it has some advancers.

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