![]() ![]() You can follow her adventures on Twitter or visit her at . In Ashes, by Laurie Halse Anderson, narrator Isabel Gardener comes to the realization that freedom for blacks is a purpose to which she is willing to dedicate her life. Mother of four and wife of one, Laurie lives in Pennsylvania, where she likes to watch the snow fall as she writes. Chains also received the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and Laurie was chosen for the 2009 Margaret A. Two of her books, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists. Her work has earned numerous ALA and state awards. Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity. Heroism and heartbreak pave their path, but Isabel and Curzon won’t stop until they reach Ruth, and then freedom, in this grand finale to the acclaimed Seeds of America trilogy from Laurie Halse Anderson. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel’s little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state-where bounty hunters are thick as flies. Before long they are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. Return to the American Revolution in this blistering conclusion to the trilogy that began with the bestselling National Book Award Finalist Chains and continued with Forge, which The New York Times called “a return not only to the colonial era but to historical accuracy.”Īs the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon have narrowly escaped Valley Forge-but their relief is short-lived. ![]()
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