Chains- by: Laurie Halse Anderson

Chains is a civil war book about a slave girl named Isabel. Her old master died, and she has been sold to a new, cruel one. She scrubs the floors, washes the dishes, does the laundry, and puts up with her master's ridiculous union opinion. As Isabel works, she discover secrets that could lead to the success of the rebels. She knows that this information is valuable, and so she takes it to a confederate generals office. She tells them everything she knows, and they reward her greatly. She continues to go to the generall's office every night, but one night she meets a boy. They immediately bond, and he offers to try and escape with her. She says yes, and on the night they plan to leave, all hack breaks loose! Will Isabel and her friend be able to escape the cruel hands of slavery, or will they stay trapped in them forever????

Wildwood Post

Wildwood is about a girl named prue, a boy called Curtis, and prue's baby brother, Mac. Mac is abducted by crows, and prue sets off to find him. She goes int the impassible wilderness, the most off limit place in her small world. Upon her arival at the woods, she finds that Curtis has been following her. They continue, but they meet a pack of disorganized but bloodthirsty coyotes. They carry Curtis off, and prue is left to fend for herself. She reaches a road, and she gets a ride from a helpfull mailman, rodger. She reaches a big city, and she is told that the govoner regent can help her. Curtis, all the while, had been hanging out with the evil (but he doesn't know it) dowager governess. He is with her pack of talking coyotes, and he even helps them win a battle. After the victory celebration, he wanders around, and he comes across Mac. He is in a crib, and he is unharmed. It is at this moment that the dowager governess catches him and explained that this baby is going to be a sacrifice to the all-consuming ivy at the equinox! That's only 5 days away! And prue doesn't even know about this!! Will Curtis and prue be able to save Mac and return home, or will they be killed by the ivy??