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LOL! Okay, I really want to read Chains by (guess) Laurie Halse Anderson. Here's the description: In 1776, Isabel is a young slave (about 11?). She and her little sister, Ruth, live in Rhode Island and Isabel dreams of the day they will be free. Their master, Miss Finch, has promised ...

... good things: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M. T. Anderson What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell Chains and Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson Walter Dean Meyers has written numerous books set in different historical periods. For fun, girlie, romantic ...

I enjoyed Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. It's YA, takes place mostly in NYC during the year 1776. You might find it in the Children's section of the bookstore, but thematically I think it belongs in the YA section and it also should have great crossover appeal for adults.

#140, #143 I loved both these books too. #138 I have her Chains out from the library now, it gets good reviews.

I'll second Chains; it's a very good book. Ann Rinaldi has also written a lot of good young adult historical fiction that I enjoyed when I was your age.

How about Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. It is about a girl who is enslaved during the American Revolution. Should be entirely appropriate and interesting for an 8th grader.

... Elizabeth Bear 42. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 43. Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon 44. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson 45. The Radiation Sonnets by Jane Yolen 46. Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher 47. Walden Two by B.F. Skinner 48. A Brief History ...

44. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson The year is 1776. Isabel's owner, Miss Finch, has died. She left a will freeing Isabel and her sister Ruth, but Miss Finch's nephew is in a hurry and the lawyer is in Boston -- unreachable given the current unrest. He sells the girls to a couple who live ...

... than a few pages at a time, so I'm thinking of mixing it up with an easier, to-be-determined book. Maybe Watchmen or Chains.

Oh! and I havent read Speak, but I have read Chains, by the same author...

12: I've been interested in Chains. What did you think of it?

I've just added some proofs for anyone who's interested in them: chains by laurie halse anderson If a Tree Falls at Lunch Break by gennifer choldenko

... ctory.com/fundraising/wuhlbOp/"> Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson I loved this young adult book. I had received it as an ARC for review. I finished my review and that night, truly, it was announced ...

... by Neil Gaiman (2009 Newbery) 5. Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox (2008 Printz Honor) 6. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (2008 National Book Award Finalist) 7. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (1983 Newbery Honor) 8. Jellic ...