Chains #2

         Hey guys this is now my 6th and final blog of this summer! Why did summer break have to end so quickly?! I was actually worried that I might not have enough time to read all of Chains. But I did considering I read half the book in 2 days, which is a lot for me because I was not particularly enjoying this book. This book wasn't totally bad, on a scale of 1-10 I'd probably give it a 4 1/2 .

        Here is what changed my mind from thinking that This book is just terrible! to Hey, this book isn't too bad. I appreciated the fact that the author did put a lot of action into this book considering it took place in the 1700's. And I really enjoyed the main character, Isabel, or how her master refers to her, Sal Lockton. I just really liked her personality and character traits. And the more I read the book the more I got to learn about her. And even though this book was historical fiction, it did refresh some things that I kind of forgot. While reading this book I read about some of the many hardships that slaves had to go through for no reason. I mean you can't make someone work for you just because of the color of your skin! Not to mention that the woman who owned Isabel, Madam Lockton, was very harsh. And it refreshed me a little on some background knowledge of the revolutionary war which will be useful for seventh grade because we are studying U.S. history (YAY?)

        I don't want to ruin the book for you if you are interested in reading it so I'm just going to tell you some main points that happened in the second half of the book. Due to Ruth's fits or seizures Madam Lockton sells her to someone because she thinks that Ruth is the devil's child. And when this happens Isabel escapes out of love to find her sister but since she escaped it was declared that she has to be branded on the cheek "I for Insolence" (isn't that just painful!). And if you remember in my previous blog there was a slave boy named Curzon who had roots to the Patriots, but later on he becomes an ill prisoner. And there is just so much action that takes place after that and I don't want to spoil it for you!

       If there was thing I learned from reading those three books was that even if the beginning of the book is kind of slow or REALLY boring, keep reading because it's probably going to get better. And I am now relieved that I have completed my 6 blogs so I'm now at peace for like a week, because school is about to start! Bye! And I'll see you guys in school!
                                                                     - Minha