Chains (*****)

Isabel's master has just died of a illness, where will she and Ruth go? When her mistress's only living relation, a man called Mr. Robert came to see her burial, he took her and her youger sister Ruth with him, planning to sell them at a slave auction. When stoping at a tavern to eat, a kind African American cook gave them a meal and drink for free and told them she had knew their mother, who had died of illness, and wondered who the were with. When Mr. Robert called the two girls over they saw and man and his wife standing with him. They were going to be bought, the cook rushed over to offer to buy the girls, but the deal was done. Read the book to find out about their new life.

This book is 313 pages long. This book definatly earns a five out of five stars! (*****)

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

My Life in Pink and Green (***)

When Lucy recieves the letter saying that the mortages have not been payed for several months, Lucy knows that something is wrong. She wants to find a way to help so she starts to do make up. Read the book to find if Lucy really does save the store.

This book is 267 pages long.It is three out of five stars(***).

Gathering Blue (****)

Kira wants to find blue. So she can finish the singing robe, so she can make them think she was worth saving. She wonders what happened to her father. They all say he was eaten by the beasts, but when the old women told her there was no beasts and nor would there ever be Kira coulden't help but wonder. When she watched mother die from a sudden sickness Kira is left with little food and possesiens to call her own. When Vandara acuses her and says that she is weak and can do nothing she says that she can weave, she shows them the tiny scrap of cloth. Read more to find out what happens to Kira.

This book is 215 pages long. I'll give it four out of five stars (****.)

Gathering Blue
by, Lois Lowry

Also Known As Harper (***)

When Harper lee's mother loses her job everything spins out of control. They lose their house, and many of their things. so Harper's mom brings her and her little brother, Hemingway to stay at the Knotty In deluxe Moter Hotel, and trust me it is not as nice there as it seems. Then Harper meets Lorraine who lives in tent and is just as poor as Harper. Lorraine does not speak, it is not that she can't it is that she will not speak. Her brother said ever since the fire that burned her house down she would not speak. She refuses to use the color orange and her mother puts name tags on everything, hoping that Lorraine will get her words back. Read the book to find out more.

This book is 243 pages long. I'll give it four out of five stars (***.)




Also Known as Harper writen by, Ann Haywood Leal