Bellingham knows Curzon will withhold his labor, so he threatens to punish Isabel, who already wears a locked metal cuff around her neck, for each infraction he may cause. His situation is immediately complicated by the appearance of Isabel, who has been recaptured and sold to Bellingham. When Burns rises to the rank of sergeant, though, and Curzon's legal owner, James Bellingham, reclaims his service, Curzon begins to plot yet another escape.
Personal animosity simmers as the soldiers encamp at Valley Forge for the winter of 1777-8, but Curzon and his comrades cooperate to make the best of dire circumstances. An impulsive act of battlefield bravery leads to Curzon's enlistment as a freeman with the 16th Massachusetts Regiment, and he's now a tentmate with Eban Woodruff, the young man whose life he saved, and John Burns, a sly bigot who waits for an opportunity to drum Curzon out of the army. 7-10Ĭurzon and Isabel, runaway slaves in Anderson's Chains (BCCB 11/08), have parted company-she is headed south to find her sister Ruth, and he finds work driving a cart for Patriot soldiers. She and Curzon have to sort out the tangled threads of their friendship while figuring out what stands between the two of them and true freedom.Ītheneum, 2010 (Seeds of America) ISBN 978-1-4169-6144-4 $16.99 Reviewed from galleys R Gr. And then there is Isabel, who is also at Valley Forge-against her will. In addition to the hardships of soldiering, he lives with the fear of discovery, for he is an escaped slave passing for free.
This is where Curzon the boy becomes Curzon the young man. The Patriot Army was shaped and strengthened by the desperate circumstances of the Valley Forge winter. In this compelling sequel to Chains, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson shifts perspective from Isabel to Curzon and brings to the page the tale of what it takes for runaway slaves to forge their own paths in a world of obstacles-and in the midst of the American Revolution.
For many readers, Forge “will be one of the best novels they have ever read” (starred review from Kirkus Reviews)!īlistering winds.
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