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A summary of Themes in Laurie Halse Anderson's Chains. ... SparkNotes Plus subscription is $4.99/month or $24.99/year as selected above. The free trial period is the first 7 days of your subscription.
Oct 18, 2016 · Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity. She’s twice been a National Book Award finalist, for Chains and Speak ; Chains also received the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
- Laurie Halse Anderson
Two of her books, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists. Chains also received the 2009 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and Laurie was chosen for the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award. Mother of four and wife of one, Laurie lives in Northern New York, where she likes to watch the snow fall as she writes.
Chains By Laurie Halse Anderson Synopsis Chains is an historical novel set during the Revolutionary War in the United States (1776). The protagonist is thirteen-year-old Isabel, an African-American slave fighting for her and her younger sister's freedom. Although the book is fictional, many of the events described in its pages are plucked from ...
The plot is a very particular series of events with the following labels: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. The exposition of the book happens ...
Jan 5, 2010 · Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity. She’s twice been a National Book Award finalist, for Chains and Speak; Chains also received the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Laurie was chosen for the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award and received the ...
21 of the best book quotes from Chains. “A scar is a sign of strength . . . The sign of a survivor.”. “Poppa fought like a lion when they came for him, the strongest lion, roaring; it took five of them with hickory clubs, and then Momma fainted, and I caught baby Ruth.”. “We couldn’t take Momma’s shells, nor Ruth’s baby doll ...
