Ruth was too big to carry, plus the pastor knew about her peculiar manner of being, so it was the wagon for her and the road for me. The pine coffin that held Miss Mary Finch-wearing her best dress, with her hair washed clean and combed-bounced in the back when the wagon wheels hit a rut. Pastor Weeks sat at the front of his squeaky wagon with Old Ben next to him, the mules’ reins loose in his hands. The eastern sky was peach colored, but a handful of lazy stars still blinked in the west. That’s when they can hear us true, Momma said. THE BEST TIME TO TALK to ghosts is just before the sun comes up. Given her and Ruth’s situation, is her loyalty for sale?įrom New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson comes a timely, supremely well-researched story that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains. The Locktons have valuable British connections and information that could greatly support the Patriots’ cause.
The Locktons from New York City hold no sympathies for the young sisters or for the Revolutionary War, which has just begun to rage across the nation.Isabel’s chance meeting with another slave, Curzon, pushes her to forge ties to the Patriots by spying on her affluent owners.
In a vicious turn of fate, the duo are stripped of their impending freedom when a new family swoops in to claim ownership of the girls. Their current owner has made a promise to finally set them free. Set in the early days of civilized American society, the country sits on the brink of war.įor Isabel and her sister Ruth, the only revolution that matters is the one happening at home.
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