Ashes

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The work Ashes represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Ashes

Statement of responsibility

Laurie Halse Anderson

Creator

• trueAnderson, Laurie Halse

Author

• trueAnderson, Laurie Halse

Subject

• African Americans -- Fiction
• JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- African American
• Juvenile works
• trueRevolutions
• Revolutions -- United States
• trueRunaways
• trueSlavery
• Slavery -- Fiction
• Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTeenage boys
• trueTeenage slaves
• trueTeenage soldiers
• trueTeenagers and war
• United States
• trueUnited States
• trueUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction
• 1775-1783
• trueAfrican American teenage boys
• African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• American Revolution (1775-1783)
• trueAmerican Revolution, 1775-1783
• trueEnslaved teenagers
• Fiction
• trueFifteen-year-old boys
• History
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical -- United States -- Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical | Military & Wars

Genre

• trueHistory
• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• Juvenile works

Language

eng

Summary

"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--

Member of

• trueSeeds of America trilogy
• Seeds of America

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Tone

• trueStrong sense of place
• trueBleak

Writing style

• trueDescriptive
• trueRichly detailed

Award

• School Library Journal Best Books, 2016
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2017.

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 813/.6
• Fic

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

820L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Reading level

5.6

Series statement

The seeds of America trilogy

Series volume

0003

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

pre adolescent