Book
Chains
Record details
- ISBN: 9781416905851 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1416905855 (hardcover) :
- ISBN: 9781416905868 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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316 p. ; 22 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Ages 10 up. |
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| Subject: | Slavery Fiction African Americans Fiction Spies Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 3 of 4 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | YA ANDER L (Text) | 33126011240995 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Covington Branch | YA ANDER L (Text) | 33126025039177 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | YA ANDER L (Text) | 33126025955323 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | YA ANDER L (Text) | 33126024966206 | YA Fiction | Checked out | 05/16/2024 |
- Baker & Taylor
When their owner dies at the start of the Revolution, Isabel and her younger sister are sold to Loyalists in New York, where Isabel is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots. - Baker & Taylor
When her former owner breaks his promise to set her free and ends up sending her to live with a cruel loyalist family at the start of the Revolutionary War, Isabel is heartbroken and so becomes determined to do whatever is necessary to win her freedom, including spying on her family to help the rebels win the war. 50,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War. - Simon and Schuster
From 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.
As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. 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.
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. 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.