![]() ![]() The Locktons, who believe their bread is buttered on the side of the Loyalists and King George III, despise the Patriots who want independence from them and everything they stand for. Now, as the American Revolution begins, the sisters find themselves in a Loyalist household in New York City at the mercy of a cruel mistress, Mrs. And unlike most slaves at the time, Isabel knows how to read. But Miss Fitch had promised them freedom after her death and Isabel can't get that promise out of her head. ![]() Living in Rhode Island, Isabel, 13, and her younger sister Ruth are quickly sold by a greedy nephew for the money they will bring after their somewhat benevolent owner, Miss Fitch, passes away. It takes place during the American Revolution and he time period covered in this first book of a trilogy is M ay 27, 1776 to January 19, 1777. Much of this review was posted on my other blog, The Children's War, as part of a Revolutionary War Reading Challenge a few years ago.Ĭhains is the story of a young slave girl who yearns for freedom. ![]()
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