Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1, Chapters 1-3

Part 1, Chapters 4-7

Part 1, Chapters 8-10

Part 1, Chapters 11-13

Part 1, Chapters 14-16

Part 1, Chapters 17-20

Part 1, Chapters 21-24

Part 2, Chapters 25-29

Part 2, Chapters 30-33

Part 2, Chapters 34-37

Part 2, Chapters 38-40

Part 2, Chapters 41-45

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Essay Topics

Analyze Isabel as the narrator. Why do you think the author chose to use first person narration? How might the tone of the novel change with the use of a different point of view?

What is an epigraph? How does the author employ this modernist technique, and how does it impact the novel as a whole?

How does the author use the historical fiction genre to give the reader a side of the American Revolution they may not have ever seen?