Forge

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Lexile: 820
Genre: Historical Fiction

This is the sequel to Laurie Halse Anderson's award winning book, Chains. Isabel and Curzon have escaped from Bridewell Prison and now they parted and gone their separate ways; Isabel to find her sister, Ruth, and Curzon ends up enlisting in the army and spending the winter at Valley Forge. Life is hard, but Curzon is surviving until his master, James Bellingham, shows up and forces him to return to his service. Curzon struggles to return to the life of a dutiful slave. His troubles are furthered when he finds out that Isabel has also been captured and is enslaved by Bellingham as a maid. Will they have the opportunity to escape and gain their freedom?