The novel opens on the eve of the American Revolution in Rhode Island. Thirteen year old Isabel and her five year old sister Ruth are slaves. Their master, Miss Mary Finch, has died and promised their freedom in her will. Unfortunately, a greedy and impatient relative arrives and thwarts their exp...
Wow and there's more coming! The New York setting was really unique and the machinations of the Tories and Patriots was so sad, you could just see the Civil War coming because expediency won out.
Just a thoroughly enjoyable read. Young adults are the target audience, but the only way you can tell is that there is perhaps a narrower focus than you might find in an adult book. Thirteen-year-old Isabel tells her story from her limited situation, but brings in important events taking place in t...
This has been widely lauded, for good reason. Halse Anderson does a deft job of telling the story of two young slaves at the outset of the American War for Independence. While I know what happens overall with the war, I'm hooked to find out what happens to Isabel and her sister Ruth. And may I add, ...
This book was just as amazing as I'd heard it was, which is--I've heard really really good things. It was a little hard for me to get into; I've been reading all teen novels all the time, and I have a hard time sinking into novels with no mystery and no romance. After the first hundred pages or so...
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