Chains
Title
:
Chains
Author
:
Anderson, Laurie Halse.
ISBN
:
9781416905851
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Physical Description
:
316 p. ; 22 cm.
Series
:
Seeds of America.
Reading Level
:
780 L Lexile
Subject Term
:
Slavery -- Fiction.
Slaves -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
African American teenage girls -- Fiction.
American loyalists -- Fiction.
Spies -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
The story of a 13-year-old African-American girl who is sold to a cruel, loyalist family living in New York City at the start of the Revolutionary War. Asked to spy on her owners for the Patriot cause, she is reluctant, until she realizes her loyalty lies with the side that can provide her with freedom.
| Library | Material Type | Call Number | Item Available | Copies | Status |
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| Bayport Public Library | Book | J FICTION AND | 1 | 1 | Children's Fiction |
| Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | Book | J FICTION AND | 0 | 1 | Checked Out |
| Lake Elmo Library | Book | J FICTION AND | 1 | 1 | Children's Fiction |
| Oakdale Library | Book | J FICTION AND | 1 | 2 | Children's Fiction |
| Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | Book | J FICTION AND | 1 | 2 | Children's Fiction |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | Book | J FICTION AND | 0 | 1 | Checked Out |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | Book | J FICTION AND | 1 | 1 | Children's Fiction |
| Stillwater Public Library | Book | J FICTION AND | 1 | 1 | Children's Fiction |
| Wildwood Library (Mahtomedi) | Book | J FICTION AND | 1 | 1 | Children's Fiction |