Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson
Historical Fiction
300/300 pages read
In this part of the book Isabel is sent to the market with Sarah and is almost caught talking to Captain Morse, then Sarah also tells her that Madam plans to forbid her to go to the water pump. Isabel tells her that she doesn't mind doing the chore and likes being outside so Sarah allows her to continue because it lets her have less work to do. Soon Isabel find out from Madam Seymour that she had wanted to buy her as soon as she came to work for Madam and this is why their argument began. Also, there was soon to be a ball in honor of the Queen's birthday in ten days and Madam wanted to be as prepared as she could. She spent hours talking to the hairdresser about which hairstyle would suit her most and what she would wear. On the day of the ball however day as Isabel arrived back to the Lockton household however, Madam was very angry at her, a friend of hers has told her that she saw Isabel talking to a rebel officer. She also knew that Isabel had a note to deliver and wanted to see what it says but Isabel threw it into the fire. After this Madam tells her that she still owns Ruth because no one had wanted to buy her and that she lives in Charleston. Then, she ordered for Isabel to be locked up in the potato bin. Isabel thought about Ruth who wasn't as far away as she thought she was, in a town she could walk to and decided that she would find the way out of the potato bin. Finally she found a few boards that have grown loose from the dampness and finally got out. Then she decided that the only choice she had left was to run. But something made her stop when she recognized the place where she would usually turn to go visit the prison, and knew that she had to take Curzon along with her. However Curzon was very ill and could barely walk so it was very hard to get past the guards without getting noticed. They found a rowboat and found themselves on the other side of the river next morning, which means that they were now set free.
This was a really great book and I really enjoyed how the book ended because Isabel's dream finally came true, she was free, but since there are two more sequels to this book she will probably go looking for Ruth and they will be free together. I really liked that no matter what obstacles and hardships were on her way Isabel achieved her dream anyway and she treated everyone fairly even though some people treated her more like an object then a person because she was a slave. This book did meet all of my expectations because it was interesting to read and I learned a lot of new things about people's lives during this time period and about the Revolutionary War.
Laurie Halse Anderson
Historical Fiction
300/300 pages read
In this part of the book Isabel is sent to the market with Sarah and is almost caught talking to Captain Morse, then Sarah also tells her that Madam plans to forbid her to go to the water pump. Isabel tells her that she doesn't mind doing the chore and likes being outside so Sarah allows her to continue because it lets her have less work to do. Soon Isabel find out from Madam Seymour that she had wanted to buy her as soon as she came to work for Madam and this is why their argument began. Also, there was soon to be a ball in honor of the Queen's birthday in ten days and Madam wanted to be as prepared as she could. She spent hours talking to the hairdresser about which hairstyle would suit her most and what she would wear. On the day of the ball however day as Isabel arrived back to the Lockton household however, Madam was very angry at her, a friend of hers has told her that she saw Isabel talking to a rebel officer. She also knew that Isabel had a note to deliver and wanted to see what it says but Isabel threw it into the fire. After this Madam tells her that she still owns Ruth because no one had wanted to buy her and that she lives in Charleston. Then, she ordered for Isabel to be locked up in the potato bin. Isabel thought about Ruth who wasn't as far away as she thought she was, in a town she could walk to and decided that she would find the way out of the potato bin. Finally she found a few boards that have grown loose from the dampness and finally got out. Then she decided that the only choice she had left was to run. But something made her stop when she recognized the place where she would usually turn to go visit the prison, and knew that she had to take Curzon along with her. However Curzon was very ill and could barely walk so it was very hard to get past the guards without getting noticed. They found a rowboat and found themselves on the other side of the river next morning, which means that they were now set free.
This was a really great book and I really enjoyed how the book ended because Isabel's dream finally came true, she was free, but since there are two more sequels to this book she will probably go looking for Ruth and they will be free together. I really liked that no matter what obstacles and hardships were on her way Isabel achieved her dream anyway and she treated everyone fairly even though some people treated her more like an object then a person because she was a slave. This book did meet all of my expectations because it was interesting to read and I learned a lot of new things about people's lives during this time period and about the Revolutionary War.
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