Chains (First Half)

       This is now my 5th blog for this ending summer. It seems like just yesterday I was given this blogging assignment and I had to figure out what books I'm going to read. Why does summer have to end so early?! For my final book of the summer I decided to read Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. She was also the author of Fever 1793 which was a book worth reading. But this book isn't nearly as good as Fever 1793.

       If you have read Chains then you would know that this book takes place around the revolutionary war. The main character is Isabel who is a slave. Her and her little sister Ruth have just had their mother died which just leaves them left in the family. They have been recently been at an auction and given to the Locktons. On their way there a boy named Curzon is working for the patriots and trying to find out the loyalists' plans. Isabel and Ruth are now working in a loyalist filled house. So Curzon asks Isabel to figure all she can and report her information, but in secret (which will be pretty difficult since she is a slave and can't be caught sneaking out of the house).

      You see, I personally despise U.S. History. (Cheers for having to study it this year) And of course this book has to do with U.S. History since the main topic is the Revolutionary War. I read the summary of the book and I knew it had to do with patriots and loyalists so I thought, I might as well give it a try. But I TOTALLY regret it. Every time I read the book I'm literally sleeping because it is just that boring. This is the last time I try reading about U.S. History (unless it's a textbook). Bye!

                                                                   - Minha