A review by chadstep
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

4.0

A decent first person narrative of a slave girl and her sister in the colony city of New York in 1776-77. I know it's the start of the series so it shouldn't rush too quickly out of the gate with the characters but I could have used more intrigue. I did enjoy the insight into challenges of being involved inside of a revolution rather than simply an active participant on one side or the other--much closer to the ground of reality. I'm also a fan of "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing" as a more unusual perspective of the Revolutionary War..